The zombie renaissance in popular culture. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Laura Hubner, Marcus Leaning and Paul Manning ; contributors, Steven Allen [and thirteen others].
• Editors: Leaning, Marcus; Hubner, Laura, 1970-; Manning, Paul, 1955-
• Other Names: Allen, Steven contributor.
• Contents: Cover; 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 'I always wanted to see how the other half lives': 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 Subculture8 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 'Unhuman': Technology, the Living Dead and the 'Animal-Machine' in Literature and Culture14 Zombies, a Lost Literary Heritage and the Return of the Repressed; Index.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, England New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (239 pages), illustrations, charts, tables
• Subjects: 398.21; Zombies; Popular culture; Zombies in motion pictures; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology; Popular culture; Zombies; Zombies in motion pictures; Social Science -- General; Performing Arts -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- Media Studies; Cultural studies; Film, TV & radio; Media studies; Motion pictures and television; Communication; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; Films, cinema; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137276506; 1137276509; 9781349446674
• Related ISBNs: 134944667X; 9781137276490
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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