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How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture
Since the early 2000s, popular culture has experienced a “Zombie Renaissance,” beginning in film and expanding into books, television, video games, theatre productions, phone apps, collectibles and toys. 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. They are powerful, multifarious metaphors representing fears of contagion and doom but also isolation and abandonment, as well as troubling aspects of human cruelty, public spectacle and abusive relationships. This critical examination of the 21st-century zombie phenomenon explores how and why the public imagination has been overrun by the undead horde.
Zombies
Presents zombies as popular characters in the world of horror.
Zombies
Hear What the Critics are Saying "Wow, what an amazing and Entertaining Book; great cast of characters, very good story with a lot of eerie twists and turns. Population Zero is by far one of the best zombie books to have come out in a long time." -Mary Jones – Valley Daily News “A must read in the horror genre. Population Zero is a book that will leave you begging for more; Five Stars All The Way.” -Judy B. Cohen – Elite Media Group “Deliciously entertaining and very fun read. I bought it for a friend as a gift and she loved it as well. It’s by far one of the finest zombie apocalypse books to have come out in the last decade. Highly Recommend This Book.” -Dave Baker – Book Bl...
Zombies
In recent years, zombies have become perhaps the most talked about monsters in popular culture worldwide. In these pages, readers will learn the legendary origins of the living dead, including the development of zombie tales in Haitian folklore and how those tales made it back to the United States—where Hollywood quickly took over. From there, the text traces out the various manifestations of zombies in film, including such classics as White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and the contemporary hit TV series The Walking Dead. A filmography supplements the text with a thorough list of the big screen’s zombie offerings!
ZOMBIES!
It's the end of term and Sam and Arty are anxiously awaiting the final bell. They barely pay attention when the bumbling science teacher causes an explosion and accidentally covers one of the pupils with a strange goo. Sam and Arty are sure it won't be serious - stuff like this happens all the time at their school. But then zombies (and bits of zombies) start turning up, desperate to munch on braaaaaaaiiiins! With a bunch of useless adults quickly getting themselves infected instead of sorting the situation out, Sam, Arty and their fearless friend Emmie have to take charge. If they can't find a cure, they'll be zombie breakfast . . .
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies
In one indispensable volume, Matt Mogk, founder and head of the Zombie Research Society, busts popular myths and answers all your raging questions about the living dead.
Zombies
The walking dead as an idea and an image sends a shudder through our collective psyche. Just why did we invent these chilling creatures and what fears do they uncover? The living dead is explore here through graphic novel format, also supported by color and black and white photographs. Students will enjoy walking in the steps of the undead through time.
Living with Zombies
Depictions of the zombie apocalypse continue to reshape our concept of the walking dead (and of ourselves). The undead mirror cultural fears--governmental control, lawlessness, even interpersonal relationships--exposing our weaknesses and demanding a response (or safeguard), even as we imagine ever more horrifying versions of post-apocalyptic life. This critical study traces a shift in narrative focus in portrayals of the zombie apocalypse, as the living move from surviving hypothetical destruction toward reintegration and learning to live with the undead.
Zombies
Describes the history of zombies, as well as their representation in books, movies, and popular culture.
Zombies
An illustrated overview of zombies, describing the history of the belief in zombies, discussing depictions of them in popular culture, and relating stories and tales that feature the legendary creatures.
