The Transatlantic Zombie, Lauro

Автор: Lauro
Название: The Transatlantic Zombie
ISBN: 0813568846 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813568843
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Our most modern monster and perhaps our most American, the zombie that is so prevalent in popular culture today has its roots in African soul capture mythologies. The Transatlantic Zombie provides a more complete history of the zombie than has ever been told, explaining how the myth’s migration to the New World was facilitated by the transatlantic slave trade, and reveals the real-world import of storytelling, reminding us of the power of myths and mythmaking, and the high stakes of appropriation and homage.  Beginning with an account of a probable ancestor of the zombie found in the Kongolese and Angolan regions of seventeenth-century Africa and ending with a description of the way, in contemporary culture, new media are used to facilitate zombie-themed events, Sarah Juliet Lauro plots the zombie’s cultural significance through Caribbean literature, Haitian folklore, and American literature, film, and the visual arts. The zombie entered US consciousness through the American occupation of Haiti, the site of an eighteenth-century slave rebellion that became a war for independence, thus making the figuration of living death inseparable from its resonances with both slavery and rebellion. Lauro bridges African mythology and US mainstream culture by articulating the ethical complications of the zombie as a cultural conquest that was rebranded for the American cinema. As The Transatlantic Zombie shows, the zombie is not merely a bogeyman representing the ills of modern society, but a battleground over which a cultural war has been fought between the imperial urge to absorb exotic, threatening elements, and the originary, Afro-diasporic culture’s preservation through a strategy of mythic combat. 

Автор: Hubner
Название: The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture
ISBN: 1137276495 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137276490
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the `zombie renaissance` - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, music, social media, literature and fandom.

Автор: Thompson & Thompson
Название: ...But If A Zombie Apocalypse Did Occur
ISBN: 0786475501 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786475506
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Описание: The roots of the zombie apocalypse are grounded in modern literature, movies, and mythology. This book applies an academic treatment and professional rigour to examine the real-world implications of such an event. Each essay presents a unique perspective that relies on real world, historical, and evidence based examples, as well as those from Hollywood and popular culture.