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Embodying Contagion : The Viropolitics of Horror and Desire in Contemporary Discourse / edited by Sandra Becker, Megen de Bruin-Molé and Sara Polak.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Horror studies
- Horror Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases in literature.
- Communicable diseases in popular culture.
- Epidemics in literature.
- Diseases and literature.
- Epidemics in popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Cardiff] : University of Wales Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface Priscilla Wald
- Embodying the Fantasies and Realities of Contagion Megen de Bruin-Molé and Sara Polak
- Part One: Epidemic Fantasies in Reality
- 1. The Krokodil Drug Menace, Cross-Genre Body Horror and the Zombie Apocalypse
- 2. 'Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic' and the Ebola Scare How the CDC's Use of Zombie Pop Culture Helped Fan a Nationalist Outbreak Narrative
- 3. The Zika Virus, Ebola Contagion Narratives and US Obsessions with Securitising Neglected Infectious Diseases
- 4. An Affectionate Epidemic How Disability Goes Viral on Social Media
- 5. 'Fatties Cause Global Warming' The Strange Entanglement of Obesity and Climate Change
- Part Two: Epidemic Realities in Fantasy
- 6. 'Time is of the Essence, Doctor' Twenty-First-Century (Post-)Apocalyptic Fiction, White Fatherhood and Anti-Intellectual Tendencies in FX's The Strain
- 7. Killable Hordes, Chronic Others and 'Mindful' Consumers Rehabilitating the Zombie in Twenty-First-Century Popular Culture
- 8. Networks, Desire and Risk Management in Gay Contagion Fiction
- 9. 'This Long Disease, My Life' AIDS Activism and Contagious Bodies in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me
- 10. The Epidemic of History Contagion of the Past in the Era of the Never-Ending Present
- Notes
- Epilogue
- 'Contagion Contagion' Viral Metaphors, Lockdown and Suffering Economies in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 26, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Becker, Sandra Embodying Contagion
- ISBN:
- 9781786836922
- 1786836920
- Publisher Number:
- 40030560965
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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