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UNINA9910458037003321 |
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Titolo |
Better off dead [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of the zombie as post-human / / edited by Deborah Christie and Sarah Juliet Lauro |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-4125-4 |
0-8232-5086-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ChristieDeborah |
LauroSarah Juliet |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Zombies |
Zombies in popular culture |
Zombies in literature |
Zombies in motion pictures |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Copyright ; Contents; Better Off Dead; And the Dead Shall Rise; ''They are not men . . . they are dead bodies!'': From Cannibal to Zombie and Back Again; ''We are the mirror of your fears'': Haitian Identity and Zombification; Undead Radio: Zombies and the Living Dead on 1930's and 1940's Radio Drama; The Zombie as Other: Mortality and the Monstrous in the Post-Nuclear Age; And the Dead Shall Walk; A Dead New World: Richard Matheson and the Modern Zombie; Nuclear Death and Radical Hope in Dawn of the Dead and On the Beach; Lucio Fulci and the Decaying Definition of Zombie Narratives |
Imitations of Life: Zombies and the Suburban Gothic All Dark Inside: Dehumanization and Zombification in Postmodern Cinema; And the Dead Shall Inherit the Earth; Slacker Bites Back: Shaun of the Dead Finds New Life for Deadbeats; Zombie Movies and the ''Millennial Generation''; ''Off the page and into your brains!'': New Millennium Zombies and the Scourge of Hopeful Apocalypses; Playing Dead: Zombies Invade Performance Art . . . and Your Neighborhood; Selected Biography ; Contributors ; Index |
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