Theorising the Contemporary Zombie : Contextual Pasts, Presents, and Futures
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| Title: | Theorising the Contemporary Zombie : Contextual Pasts, Presents, and Futures |
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| Description: | Zombies have become an increasingly popular object of research in academic studies and, of course, in popular media. Over the past decade, they have been employed to explain mathematical equations, vortex phenomena in astrophysics, the need for improved laws, issues within higher education, and even the structure of human societies. Despite the surge of interest in the zombie as a critical metaphor, no coherent theoretical framework for studying the zombie actually exists. Addressing this current gap in the literature, Theorising the Contemporary Zombie defines zombiism as a means of theorising and examining various issues of society in any given era by immersing those social issues within the destabilising context of apocalyptic crisis; and applying this definition, the volume considers issues including gender, sexuality, family, literature, health, popular culture and extinction. |
| Authors: | Scott Hamilton, Conor Heffernan |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Zombies in popular culture, Zombies in mass media, Zombies--Social aspects |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / General, FICTION / Horror / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Zombies have become an increasingly popular object of research in academic studies and, of course, in popular media. Over the past decade, they have been employed to explain mathematical equations, vortex phenomena in astrophysics, the need for improved laws, issues within higher education, and even the structure of human societies. Despite the surge of interest in the zombie as a critical metaphor, no coherent theoretical framework for studying the zombie actually exists. Addressing this current gap in the literature, Theorising the Contemporary Zombie defines zombiism as a means of theorising and examining various issues of society in any given era by immersing those social issues within the destabilising context of apocalyptic crisis; and applying this definition, the volume considers issues including gender, sexuality, family, literature, health, popular culture and extinction. |
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| ISBN: | 9781786838582 9781786838599 |
