[PDF] Reading The Great American Zombie eBook

Author : T. May Stone
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2023-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1476648263

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Challenging the human understanding of life and death, the zombie figure represents a fragmentation of personhood. From its earliest appearances in literature, the zombie characterized a human being that was no longer an indivisible whole, embodying the ontological debate over which elements of personhood are most uniquely human. Through its literary evolution, the zombie's missing element gradually approached a finer definition, as narratives moved beyond highlighting metaphysically opaque concepts like "soul" or "will." Studying over a century of American literary history, this book explores how zombies translate cultural concepts and definitions of personhood. Chapters detail how literary zombies have long presented narratives of American cultural self-examination.

Author : Jamie Russell
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 178116925X

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The zombie is cinema’s most enduring horror icon, having terrified audiences for decades. Book of the Dead charts the history of the walking dead from the monster’s origins in Haitian voodoo, through its cinematic debut in 1932’s White Zombie up to blockbuster World War Z and beyond. Covering hundreds of movies from America, Europe, Asia and even the Middle East, Jamie Russell examines zombies’ on-screen evolution from Caribbean bogeymen to flesh-eating corpses and apocalyptic plague carriers. With an exhaustive filmography covering the history of the zombie genre, Book of the Dead explains our ongoing fascination with the living dead and how this shambolic monster has become a stumbling, moaning metaphor for our age. Fully revised and updated with over 300 new movies Includes an exclusive interview with the ‘Don of the Dead’ George A. Romero The ultimate resource for zombie fans everywhere

Author : Kyle William Bishop
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786448067

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Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity. This book provides a cultural and critical analysis of the cinematic zombie tradition, starting with its origins in Haitian folklore and tracking the development of the subgenre into the twenty-first century. Closely examining such influential works as Victor Halperin's White Zombie, Jacques Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2, Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, and, of course, Romero's entire "Dead" series, it establishes the place of zombies in the Gothic tradition. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : S. Kingman
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 2014-04-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781497574038

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The Great Battles of The Great American Zombie Uprising. The true stories of the events with no liberal bias. The Zombies seemed to come out of no where. They were far from stumbling monsters. They were smart. They were organized. Their Army was very well led. It was by a miracle that America survived. To note -- no Zombie ever left captivity. At the end they were burned in great pyres that could be seen for miles. Even the ones that surrendered at the end...destroyed...it was the birth of a new nation. A fresh start.

Author : Christopher M. Moreman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 19,98 MB
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786488085

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On the surface, the zombie seems the polar opposite of the human--they are the living dead; we, in essence, are the dying alive. But the zombie is also "us." Although decaying, it looks like us, dresses like us, and sometimes (if rarely) acts like us. In this volume, essays by scholars from a range of disciplines examine the zombie as a thematic presence in literature, film, video games, legal language, and philosophy, exploring topics including zombies and the environment, litigation, the afterlife, capitalism, and the erotic. Through this wide-ranging examination of the zombie phenomenon, the authors seek to discover what the zombie can teach us about being human. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Ross Payton
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1524864625

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Zombies have plagued humanity's nightmares for centuries, but fortunately, the scientific community has created this detailed and completely serious guide to the undead. Only Zombies of the World tackles this issue and many more, so you might want to read up before a zombie tackles you! Zombies menace humanity, yet we barely understand them. There are books that show you how to kill the undead, but this is the first field guide to explain the importance of zombies to us. Zombies of the World reveals the undead to be a valuable part of our ecosystem and the key to new discoveries in medicine and technology. Zombies of the World uses captivating illustrations to document how evolution has led to a wide variety of species. Few outside the scientific community even realize that creatures like the Egyptian Mummy (Mortifera mumia aegyptus) are actually zombies. Some species are even harmless to humans. The Dancing Zombie (Mortifera immortalis choreographicus) only seeks to thrill humans with elaborate dance routines. Discover how our history has been affected by the undead and what we can learn from “scientific” research. The answer might surprise you!

Author : Philip Baruth
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 2015-12-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781939674067

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A collection of short stories.

Author : Derek Slaton
Publisher : VGA
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781945294389

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The first 6 books in the Second Week series in one box set! The Second Week starts out with a BANG! As the Texas Zombie Virus ravages the nation, those left alive are struggling for survival. In this six book set civilians in Mississippi deal with the fallout from a decision made a thousand miles away, the people of El Paso fight against an invading force from the south, and the military put numerous plans in place to start taking the country back from the undead. The six books included in this set are 1 - Mississippi 2 - Heartland pt. 2 3 - El Paso pt. 2 4 - Cincinnati 5 - Heartland pt. 3 6 - The Nevada Caravan

Author : Greg Garrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,85 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190260459

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In Living with the Living Dead, Greg Garrett shows that the zombie apocalypse has become an archetypal narrative for the contemporary world, in part because zombies can represent a variety of global threats, from terrorism to Ebola, from economic uncertainty to mental illness. But paradoxically this narrative also offers human beings a chance to find emotional and spiritual comfort; these apocalyptic stories about individuals facing the imminent prospect of grisly death also offer us wisdom about living in community, present us with real-world ethical problems, and invite us into a conversation about what it means to survive.