Zombie Culture Autopsies of the Living Dead

Name: Zombie Culture Autopsies of the Living Dead
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ISBN: 9780810860438

ISBN-10: 0810860430

ISBN-13: 9780810860438

Edition: 2008

Authors: Shawn McIntosh, Marc Leverette

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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?

Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.11" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Introduction: Giving the Living Dead Their Due




The Evolution of the Zombie: The Monster That Keeps Coming Back




The Folklore of the Zombie Film




Zombie Splatter Comedy from Dawn to Shaun: Cannibal Carnivalesque




Vita, Amore, e Morte-and Lots of Gore: The Italian Zombie Film




The Space of Apocalypse in Zombie Cinema




Zombies without Organs: Gender, Flesh, and Fissure




Cannibalizing Gender and Genre: A Feminist Re-Vision of George Romero's Zombie Films




Hybridity and Post-Human Anxiety in 28 Days Later




Can't Sleep When You're Dead: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, and the Undead in Psychobilly




Zombies in Gamespace: Form, Context, and Meaning in Zombie-Based Video Games




"Now I'm Feeling Zombified": Playing the Zombie Online




The Funk of Forty Thousand Years; or, How the (Un)Dead Get Their Groove On



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