This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and...
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This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, music, social media, literature and fandom
"Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "Part I: The Zombie Renaissance" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 An Infected Population: Zombie Culture and the Modern Monstrous" -- "3 âI always wanted to see how the other half livesâ: The Contemporary Zombie as Seductive Proselyte" -- "Part II: Zombies Go to the Movies" -- "4 Archiving Gore: Who Owns Zombie Flesh Eaters?" -- "5 Consumerism and the Undead City: The Silent Hill and Resident Evil Films" -- "6 The Undead Down Under" -- "Part III: Zombies Invade Television, Video Games and Music" -- "7 Rocking with the Undead: How Zombies Infected the Psychobilly Subculture" -- "8 A Utilitarian Antagonist: The Zombie in Popular Video Games" -- "9 Zombies and the Sociological Imagination: The Walking Dead as Social-Science Fiction" -- "Part IV: Zombie Fans and Digital Cultures" -- "10 Mumsnet Zombies: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse on Mumsnet and YouTube" -- "11 Zombies, Zomedies, Digital Fan Cultures and the Politics of Taste" -- "12 Zombie Culture: Dissent, Celebration and the Carnivalesque in Social Spaces" -- "Part V: Zombies in Writing and Culture" -- "13 The Galvanic âUnhumanâ: Technology, the Living Dead and the âAnimal-Machineâ in Literature and Culture" -- "14 Zombies, a Lost Literary Heritage and the Return of the Repressed"
