The year's work at the Zombie Research Center / edited by Edward P. Comentale & Aaron Jaffe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Comentale, Edward P., editor.

Jaffe, Aaron, editor.

Series:

The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory

The year's work: studies in fan culture and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zombies--Congresses.

Zombies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

They have stalked the horizons of our culture, wreaked havoc on moribund concepts of dead and not dead, threatened our sense of identity, and endangered our personal safety. Now zombies have emerged from the lurking shadows of society's fringes to wander the sacred halls of the academy, feasting on tender minds and hurling rot across our intellectual landscape. It is time to unite in common cause, to shore up defenses, firm up critical and analytical resources, and fortify crumbling lines of inquiry. Responding to this call, Brain Workers from the Zombie Research Center poke and prod the rotti

Contents:

Introduction: the Zombie Research Center FAQ / Edward P. Comentale and Aaron Jaffe

Zombie psychology / Stephen Watt

Zombie demographics / Aaron Jaffe

Zombie spaces / Dan Hassler-Forest

Zombie media / Erik Bohman

Zombie health care / Stephen Shapiro

Zombie physiology / Jack Raglin

Zombie performance / Atia Sattar

Zombie race / Edward P. Comentale

Zombie politics / Seth Morton

Zombie postfeminism / Andrea Ruthven

Zombie linguistics / Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe

Zombie arts and letters / Jonathan P. Eburne

Zombie philosophy / John Gibson

Zombie cocktails / Stephen Schneider

Afterword: zombie archive / Jeffrey T. Nealon.

Notes:

Most of the essays were first presented at a symposium held at the University of Louisville in 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-01392-5

OCLC:

897379026