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The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie / edited by Simon Bacon.

Springer Nature - Springer Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences eBooks 2026 Available online

Springer Nature - Springer Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences eBooks 2026
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English
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1 online resource (2313 pages)
Edition:
1st ed. 2026.
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.
Summary:
This Handbook is a unique encompassing overview of the figure of the Zombie. This project will show that while there are many zombies and many texts about zombies it is still often mistakenly viewed as little more than a sub-genre of Horror. However, its history and multiplicity warrants something far more ambitious in terms of cataloguing and defining its many forms, types and possible readings. Consequently, this Handbook proposes to feature elements of all the many and varied representations, narratives, and theories of the zombie, across cultures, histories and mediums to show that it is not just as multifaceted story-world, but is much more akin to a genre in its own right, or what we might term the Zombie Megatext.
Contents:
  • Folklore and the Returning Dead: Europe
  • Folklore and the Returning Dead: Asia and Middle East
  • Zombies in 19th and Early 20th Century Literature
  • Vodou/Voodoo
  • Zombies in Hollywood 1930s-50s
  • Writing the Zombie Post WWII
  • Zombies Across the Globe Post WWII
  • After the Night of the Living Dead
  • Zombie Exploitation
  • Zombie Ideologies
  • Zombies and Sexuality
  • Zombie Comics, Manga and Anime
  • Gaming and Role Play: Immersion to Extraction
  • Zombie Franchises
  • Zombies are Just Like Us
  • Zombies and Modern Life
  • 21st Century Zombie Literature
  • Indigenous Identity and Zombies
  • The Asian Zombie Revival
  • The Anthropocene and Zombie Futures.
ISBN:
3-032-05696-9

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