How zombies conquered popular culture : the multifarious walking dead in the 21st century / Kyle William Bishop.
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Bishop, Kyle William (författare)
- ISBN 9780786495412
- Publicerad: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015
- Engelska x, 223 pages
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Serie: Contributions to zombie studies
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- Generic triad. The (new) cinematic zombie: road trips, globalization and World War Z -- The comedic zombie: zombieland and the classical functions of the modern zomedy -- The young adult zombie: teenage anxiety in The forest of hands and teeth -- Beyond film. The comic book zombie: human devolution in the walking dead -- The literary zombie: the infected city of Colson Whitehead's Zone one -- The stage zombie: Dead set, Uncle Vanya and zombies, and the reality-tv monster -- Broader horizons. The video game zombie: the last of us and the digital evolution of the walking dead -- The non-zombie zombie: the tragically misidentified Draugar of dead snow -- The romantic zombie: warm bodies and the monstrous boyfriend -- Conclusion: the television zombie: the future(s) of the walking dead.
- "Zombies have become allegorical figures embodying cultural anxieties, but they also serve as models for concepts in economics, political theory, neuroscience, psychology, computer science and astronomy. This critical examination of the 21st century zombie phenomenon explores how and why the public imagination has been overrun by the undead horde"--
Ämnesord
- Zombier (sao)
- Zombiefilmer (sao)
- Populärkultur (sao)
- Zombies in motion pictures. (LCSH)
- Zombies in literature. (LCSH)
- Zombies in popular culture. (LCSH)
- Popular culture -- United States -- 21st century. (LCSH)
- Popular culture. (fast)
- Zombies in literature. (fast)
- Zombies in motion pictures. (fast)
- Zombies in popular culture. (fast)
- Zombies (LCSH)
- Zombiism (LCSH)
- Popular culture (LCSH)
- Zombie films (LCSH)
- United States. (fast)
- 2000-talet (sao)
Klassifikation
- PN1995.9.Z63 (LCC)
- 398.45 (DDC)
- Mzd (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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