Zombie Theory: A Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (698 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1517900913 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 531 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Today, zombies are omnipresent in global popular culture, from video games and top-rated cable shows in the United States to comic books and other visual art forms to low-budget films from Cuba and the Philippines. With its diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches, Zombie Theory thinks through what the walking undead reveal about our relationships to the world and to each other.Contributors: Fred Botting, Kingston U; Samuel Byrnand, U of Canberra; Gerry Canavan, Marquette U; Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, George Washington U; Jean Comaroff, Harvard U; John Comaroff, Harvard U; Edward P. Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead almost four decades later. Essays portray the zombie not as a singular cultural figure or myth but show how the undead represent larger issues: the belief in an afterlife, fears of contagion and technology, the effect of
About the AuthorSarah Juliet Lauro is assistant professor of English at the University of Tampa. She is author of The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Resistance, and Living-Death and coeditor of Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human.
She is author of The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Resistance, and Living-Death and coeditor of Better Off Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie as Post-Human.. Sarah Juliet Lauro is assistant professor of English at the University of Tampa