Zombies in Western culture : a twenty-first century crisis / / John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, and Filip Miscevic |
Autore | Vervaeke John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Open Book Publishers, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (106 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Disciplina | 398.21 |
Soggetto topico |
Zombies - Psychological aspects
Alienation (Social psychology) Displacement (Psychology) Popular culture - Psychological aspects Zombies - Social aspects Zombies in popular culture Zombies in motion pictures Zombies in literature Society in literature Civilization, Modern |
Soggetto non controllato |
Western culture
Zombies popular culture crisis of meaning cultural studies apocalypse alienation media studies |
ISBN |
1-78374-331-X
2-8218-9731-6 1-78374-330-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219860603321 |
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