Zombies in Western culture : a twenty-first century crisis

Zombies in Western culture a twenty-first century crisis

Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that particular aspects of the zombie, common to a variety of media forms, reflect a crisis in modern Western...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Vervaeke, John, author (author), Mastropietro, Christopher, author, Miscevic, Filip, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Open Book Publishers 2017
[2017]
Materias:
Zombies > Psychological aspects.
Alienation (Social psychology)
Displacement (Psychology)
Popular culture > Psychological aspects.
Zombies > Social aspects.
Zombies in popular culture.
Zombies in motion pictures.
Zombies in literature.
Society in literature.
Civilization, Modern.
Western culture
Zombies
popular culture
crisis of meaning
cultural studies
apocalypse
alienation
media studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A new Zeitgeist
  • 2. A transition in metaphors: a brief history of monster Zeitgeists
  • 3. The four symbols of the zombie metaphor
  • 4. A worldview in crisis: the domicide of apocalypse
  • 5. The four horsemen of the zombie apocalypse: converging evidence for a crisis in meaning
  • 6. An introduction to the genealogy of the meaning crisis
  • 7. Conclusion.

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