Thinking Dead

What the Zombie Apocalypse Means
Herausgeber: Balaji, Murali

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Produktbeschreibung

Thinking Dead: What the Zombie Apocalypse Means, edited by Murali Balaji, examines various aspects of the zombie apocalypse scenario from the perspective of a variety of theoretical frameworks. Essays in the collection shed light on why we are so obsessed with the undead. This...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9781498532402
• ISBN-10: 1498532403
• Artikelnr.: 44473660

Autorenporträt

Murali Balaji is assistant professor of media studies and production at Temple University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction - Thinking Dead: Our obsession with the
Undead and Its Implications  Murali Balaji, Ph.D Part I: Zombies as the
Other and Ourselves Chapter 1: Perfect Strangers: The Zombie Imaginary and
the Logic of Representation Gordon Coonfield, Ph.D Chapter 2: The Social
Dead: How Our Zombie Baggage Threatens to Drag Us into the Crypts of Our
Past Angela Cirucci Chapter 3: "Fight the Dead, Fear The Living": Zombie
Apocalypse or Libertarian Paradise? Jennifer M. Proffitt, Ph.D Rich
Templin, Ph.D Chapter 4: Simulating Zombies in Popular Culture and Media
Patrick Hamilton, Ph.D Part II: The Zombie Apocalypse and Social,
Technological and Psychological Space Chapter 5: Return to Darkness:
Representations of Africa in Resident Evil 5 Hanli Geyser Chapter 6: Same
as it ever was: Savior Narratives and the Logics of Survival in The Walking
Dead Martina Baldwin Mark McCarthy Chapter 7: The Zombie Monster's
Evolution to Empty Undead Signifier Ryan Lizardi, Ph.D Chapter 8: Gothic
Monster and Chinese Cultural Identity: Analysis of The Note of Ghoul
Meijiadai Bai Chapter 9: Zombies and the Modern American Family: Surviving
the Destruction of Traditional Society in Zombieland Cassie Ozog Chapter
10: Leave it all Behind: The post-Apocalyptical Renunciation of Technology
in the Walking Dead Alicia Kozma Chapter 11: Space Junk and the Second
Event: The Cosmic Meaning of the Zombie Apocalypse Barry Vacker, Ph.D Part
III: Eating the Undead: Consumption and Cultural Industries Chapter 12: The
Necropolitics of the Apocalypse: Queer Zombies in the Cinema of Bruce
LaBruce Arnau Roig Chapter 13: XXXombies: Economies of Desire and Disgust
Steve Jones, Ph.D Chapter 14: Teen Movies and Summit Entertainment's
Construction of Warm Bodies Cate Buckley Chapter 15: Eating the Dead: AMC's
use of Synergy to Cultivate Zombie Consumption Murali Balaji, Ph.D