03576nam 2200517 450 991081111160332120231110213649.01-9788-2682-610.36019/9781978826823(MiAaPQ)EBC6865551(Au-PeEL)EBL6865551(CKB)20937237100041(OCoLC)1293249491(MdBmJHUP)musev2_102493(DE-B1597)637901(DE-B1597)9781978826823(EXLCZ)992093723710004120220215d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInfected empires decolonizing zombies /Patricia Saldarriaga, Emy ManiniNew Brunswick :Rutgers University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (201 pages)Global Media and Race Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Saldarriaga, Patricia Infected Empires New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press,c2022 9781978826793 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What Is a Zombie? -- 2. Mutilate the State! Nation, Race, Power -- 3. Devouring Capitalism -- 4. Bodies That Splatter: Queering and Cripping Zombies -- 5. Of Matter, Dust, and Earth: Zombies and the Environment -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index"Given the current moment--polarized populations, increasing climate fears, and decline of supranational institutions in favor of a rising tide of nationalisms-- it is easy to understand the proliferation of apocalyptic and dystopian elements in popular culture. Infected Empires examines one of the most popular figures in contemporary apocalyptic film: the zombie. This harbinger of apocalypse reveals bloody truths about the human condition, the wounds of history, and methods of contending with them. Infected Empires considers parallels in the zombie genre to historical and current events on different political, theological and philosophical levels, and proposes that the zombie can be read as a figure of decolonization and an allegory of resistance to oppressive structures that racialize, marginalize, disable, and dispose of bodies. Studying films from around the world, including Latin America, Asia, Africa, the US, and Europe, Infected Empires presents a vision of a global zombie that points toward a posthuman and feminist future"--Provided by publisher.Global Media and Race Zombies in motion picturespolarized, climate fears, supranational institutions, nationalisms, apocalyptic, dystopian, popular culture, apocalyptic film, zombie, walking dead, zombie apocalypse, infected, human condition, decolonization, allegory, resistance, oppression, racialization, marginalization, film, film studies, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the US, Europe, posthuman, feminist futurism, Nation Race, power, capitalism, queering, environment, postcolonial, horror, fantasy, genre, Haitian folklore, reanimated, reanimation, magic, voodoo, undead, corpse, cannibal, zombie comedy.Zombies in motion pictures.791.43675Saldarriaga Patricia1670394Manini Emy1968-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811111603321Infected empires4032226UNINA