LEADER 04830 am 22008173u 450 001 9910219860603321 005 20200113204853.0 010 $a1-78374-331-X 010 $a2-8218-9731-6 010 $a1-78374-330-1 035 $a(CKB)3800000000216174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4901451 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-4255 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62934 035 $a(PPN)224385917 035 $a(EXLCZ)993800000000216174 100 $a20200113h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aZombies in Western culture $ea twenty-first century crisis /$fJohn Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, and Filip Miscevic 210 $cOpen Book Publishers$d2017 210 1$aCambridge, United Kingdom :$cOpen Book Publishers,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (106 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly color) 311 $a1-78374-329-8 311 $a1-78374-328-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 87-90) and index. 327 $a1. A new Zeitgeist -- 2. A transition in metaphors: a brief history of monster Zeitgeists -- 3. The four symbols of the zombie metaphor -- 4. A worldview in crisis: the domicide of apocalypse -- 5. The four horsemen of the zombie apocalypse: converging evidence for a crisis in meaning -- 6. An introduction to the genealogy of the meaning crisis -- 7. Conclusion. 330 $aWhy 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 and homelessness, and argue that these reflect the outlook of the contemporary West and its attendant zeitgeists of anxiety, alienation, disconnection and disenfranchisement. They trace the relationship between zombies and the theme of secular apocalypse, demonstrating that the zombie draws its power from being a perversion of the Christian mythos of death and resurrection. Symbolic of a lost Christian worldview, the zombie represents a world that can no longer explain itself, nor provide us with instructions for how to live within it. The concept of ?domicide? or the destruction of home is developed to describe the modern crisis of meaning that the zombie both represents and reflects. This is illustrated using case studies including the relocation of the Anishinaabe of the Grassy Narrows First Nation, and the upheaval of population displacement in the Hellenistic period. Finally, the authors invoke and reformulate symbols of the four horseman of the apocalypse as rhetorical analogues to frame those aspects of contemporary collapse that elucidate the horror of the zombie. Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis is required reading for anyone interested in the phenomenon of zombies in contemporary culture. It will also be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience including students and scholars of culture studies, semiotics, philosophy, religious studies, eschatology, anthropology, Jungian studies, and sociology. 606 $aZombies$xPsychological aspects 606 $aAlienation (Social psychology) 606 $aDisplacement (Psychology) 606 $aPopular culture$xPsychological aspects 606 $aZombies$xSocial aspects 606 $aZombies in popular culture 606 $aZombies in motion pictures 606 $aZombies in literature 606 $aSociety in literature 606 $aCivilization, Modern 610 $aWestern culture 610 $aZombies 610 $apopular culture 610 $acrisis of meaning 610 $acultural studies 610 $aapocalypse 610 $aalienation 610 $amedia studies 615 0$aZombies$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aAlienation (Social psychology) 615 0$aDisplacement (Psychology) 615 0$aPopular culture$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aZombies$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aZombies in popular culture. 615 0$aZombies in motion pictures. 615 0$aZombies in literature. 615 0$aSociety in literature. 615 0$aCivilization, Modern. 676 $a398.21 700 $aVervaeke$b John$0997769 702 $aMastropietro$b Christopher 702 $aMiscevic$b Filip 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219860603321 996 $aZombies in Western culture$92288356 997 $aUNINA