How Zombies conquered popular culture: the multifarious walking dead in the 21st century

"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. This critical examination of the 21st century zombie phenomenon explores how and why the pu...

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1. Verfasser: Bishop, Kyle William 1973- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Contributions to zombie studies
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Zusammenfassung:"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. This critical examination of the 21st century zombie phenomenon explores how and why the public imagination has been overrun by the undead horde"..
Beschreibung:x, 223 Seiten
ISBN:9780786495412