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  • Zombie Talk

    Culture, History, Politics

    de David A. Reilly, David Castillo, David Schmid, John Edgar Browning ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Zombie Talk offers a concise, interdisciplinary introduction and deep analytical set of theoretical approaches to help readers understand the phenomenon of zombies in contemporary and modern culture. With essays that combine Humanities and Social Science methodologies, the authors examine the zombie through an array of cultural products from different periods and geographical locations: films ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

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  • X-Men and Philosophy

    Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse

    Edición de William Irwin, Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski ...
    Series Libro 11 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    X-Men is one of the most popular comic book franchises ever, with successful spin-offs that include several feature films, cartoon series, bestselling video games, and merchandise. This is the first look at the deeper issues of the X-Men universe and the choices facing its powerful "mutants," such as identity, human ethics versus mutant morality, and self-sacrifice.J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Oneonta, NY ... Leer más

    $17.00 USD

  • Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

    New Life for the Undead

    de Richard Greene, K. Silem Mohammad ...
    Series Libro 49 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Since 1968's Night of the Living Dead, zombie culture has steadily limped and clawed its way into the center of popular culture. Today, zombies and vampires have taken over TV shows, comic books, cartoons, video games, and movies. Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy drags the theories of famous philosophers like Socrates and Descartes into the territory of the undead, exploring questions like: Why ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Supervillains and Philosophy

    Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward

    Edición de Ben Dyer ...
    Series Libro 42 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details - and deeper meanings - lurking behind today’s most popular comic book monsters. Whether it’s their moral justification for world domination or the wavering ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Performance

    de Diana Taylor ...
    "Performance" has multiple and often overlapping meanings that signify a wide variety of social behaviors. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores many of its uses and iterations: artistic, economic, sexual, political, and technological performance; the performance of everyday life; and the gendered, sexed, and racialized performance of bodies. This book ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Zombies

    A Cultural History

    de Roger Luckhurst ...
    Zombies: A Cultural History, now available in paperback, sifts materials from anthropology, folklore, travel writing, colonial histories, long-forgotten pulp literature, B-movies, medical history and cultural theory to give a definitive short introduction to the zombie, exploring the manifold meanings of this compelling, slow-moving yet relentless monster. ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • American Zombie Gothic

    The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

    de Kyle William Bishop ...
    Series series Contributions to Zombie Studies
    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. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Zombies in the Academy

    Living Death in Higher Education

    de Andrew Whelan, Ruth Walker, Christopher Moore ...
    Zombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communications studies, sociology, film studies and education, to give a critical account of the political, cultural and pedagogical state of the university through the metaphor of zombiedom. The contributions to this volume argue that the ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Braaaiiinnnsss!

    From Academics to Zombies

    Edición de Robert Smith?, Professor Stacey Smith?, Professor ...
    In the fight against zombies, our most important weapons are our brains. It's time to unleash them. Think you know a thing or two about zombies? Think again. If you’re going to keep your wits – and your brains – about you during a zombie attack, you need expert advice. Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academics to Zombies gathers together an irreverent group of scholars and writers to take a serious look at ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Zombie Culture

    Autopsies of the Living Dead

    Edición de Shawn McIntosh, Marc Leverette ...
    Why have zombies resonated so pervasively in the popular imagination and in media, especially films? Why have they proved to be one of the most versatile and popular monster types in the growing video game industry? What makes zombies such widespread symbols of horror and dread, and how have portrayals of zombies in movies changed and evolved to fit contemporary fears, anxieties, and social issues ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Zombies in Western Culture

    A Twenty-First Century Crisis

    de John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, Filip Miscevic ...
    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 culture.The authors examine the essential features of the zombie, including mindlessness, ugliness ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Viva la historieta

    Mexican Comics, NAFTA, and the Politics of Globalization

    de Bruce Campbell ...
    ¡Viva la historieta! critically examines the participation of Mexican comic books in the continuing debate over the character and consequences of globalization in Mexico. The focus of the book is on graphic narratives produced by and for Mexicans in the period following the 1994 implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an economic accord that institutionalized the free ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD