Thinking dead what the zombie apocalypse means / edited by Murali Balaji.
| Other author | Balaji, Murali, 1979- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013] |
| Description | xviii, 248 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: thinking dead: our obsession with the undead and its implications / Murali Balaji -- Zombies as the other and ourselves. Perfect strangers: the zombie imaginary and the logic of representation / Gordon Coonfield -- The social dead: how our zombie baggage threatens to drag us into the crypts of our past / Angela Cirucci -- "Fight the dead, fear the living": zombie apocalypse or libertarian paradise? / Jennifer M. Proffitt, Rich Templin -- Simulating zombies in popular culture and media / Patrick Hamilton -- The zombie apocalypse and social, technological and psychological space. Return to darkness: representations of Africa in A resident evil 5 / Hanli Geyser -- Same as it ever was: savior narratives and the logics of survival in The walking dead / Martina Baldwin, Mark McCarthy -- The zombie monster's evolution to empty undead signifier / Ryan Lizardi -- Gothic monster and Chinese cultural identity: analysis of The note of ghoul / Meijiadai Bai -- Zombies and the modern American family: surviving the destruction of traditional society in Zombieland / Cassie Ozog -- Leave it all behind: the post-apocalyptical renunciation of technology in The walking dead / Alicia Kozma -- Space junk and the second event: the cosmic meaning of the zombie apocalypse / Barry Vacker -- Eating the undead: consumption and cultural industries. The necropolitics of the apocalypse: queer zombies in the cinema of Bruce Labruce / Arnau Roig -- Xxxombies: economies of desire and disgust / Steve Jones -- Teen movies and summit entertainment's construction of Warm bodies / Cate Buckley -- Eating the dead: AMC's use of synergy to cultivate zombie consumption / Murali Balaji. |
| Bibliography note | Includes ibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013022847 |
| ISBN | 9780739183823 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0739183826 (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |