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9780810860438

Zombie Culture Autopsies of the Living Dead

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810860438

  • ISBN10:

    0810860430

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-02-15
  • Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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Summary

Why have zombies resonated so pervasively in the popular imagination and in media, especially films? Why have they proved to be one of the most versatile and popular monster types in the growing video game industry? What makes zombies such widespread symbols of horror and dread, and how have portrayals of zombies in movies changed and evolved to fit contemporary fears, anxieties, and social issues?

Table of Contents

Introduction: Giving the Living Dead Their Duep. vii
The Evolution of the Zombie: The Monster That Keeps Coming Backp. 1
The Folklore of the Zombie Filmp. 19
Zombie Splatter Comedy from Dawn to Shaun: Cannibal Carnivalesquep. 35
Vita, Amore, e Morte-and Lots of Gore: The Italian Zombie Filmp. 55
The Space of Apocalypse in Zombie Cinemap. 71
Zombies without Organs: Gender, Flesh, and Fissurep. 87
Cannibalizing Gender and Genre: A Feminist Re-Vision of George Romero's Zombie Filmsp. 103
Hybridity and Post-Human Anxiety in 28 Days Laterp. 119
Can't Sleep When You're Dead: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, and the Undead in Psychobillyp. 135
Zombies in Gamespace: Form, Context, and Meaning in Zombie-Based Video Gamesp. 153
"Now I'm Feeling Zombified": Playing the Zombie Onlinep. 169
The Funk of Forty Thousand Years; or, How the (Un)Dead Get Their Groove Onp. 185
Filmographyp. 213
Bibliographyp. 219
Indexp. 233
About the Contributorsp. 239
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