| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 529 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory |
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Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory.
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| Note |
Most of the essays were first presented at a symposium held at the University of Louisville in 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-506) and index. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Zombies -- Congresses.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film& Video -- General.
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Zombies. (OCoLC)fst01184595
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Zombie.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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| Added Author |
Comentale, Edward P., editor.
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Jaffe, Aaron, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Year's work at the Zombie Research Center 9780253013873 (DLC) 2014007386 (OCoLC)862098808 |
| ISBN |
9780253013927 (electronic bk.) |
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0253013925 (electronic bk.) |
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