Full Description
Zombie Talk offers a concise, interdisciplinary introduction and deep analytical set of theoretical approaches to help readers understand the phenomenon of zombies in contemporary and modern culture. With essays that combine Humanities and Social Science methodologies, the authors examine the zombie through an array of cultural products from different periods and geographical locations: films ranging from White Zombie (1932) to the pioneering films of George Romero, television shows like AMC's The Walking Dead, to literary offerings such as Richard Matheson's I am Legend (1954) and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride, Prejudice and Zombies (2009), among others.
Contents
IntroductionBrowning 1. Survival Horrors, Survival Spaces: Tracing the Modern Zombie (Cine)Myth Through to the Postmillennium; John Edgar Browning2. Zombie Masses: Monsters for the Age of Global Capitalism; David R. Castillo 3. The Coming Apocalypses of Zombies and Globalization; David A. Reilly 4. The Limits of Zombies: Monsters for a Neoliberal Age; David Schmid Afterword: What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Zombies?; William Egginton
