"Our most modern monster and perhaps our most American, the zombie that is so prevalent in popular culture today has its roots in African soul capture mythologies. The Transatlantic Zombie provides a more complete history of the zombie than has ever been told, explaining how the…
In this study I propose a strong and innovative model of teaching that centers on the student, and I report on the efficacy of this model using quantitative research procedures. This model of teaching is systematized in the Marhaba! curriculum, a method of teaching first year hi…
This project explores the zombie’s status and function as an artistic traumatic grotesque within the 2000s. Coined as a grotesque “stream” by art historian Frances S. Connelly, the traumatic grotesque interrupts established visual norms by presenting contemporary social anxietie…
The zombie is one of the most recognizable figures in American popular culture, known for its soulless eyes, lumbering shuffle, and desire to eat flesh. The origins of this figure are not as popularly known, nor are the evolutions it has undergone. It originated in Haitian relig…
"Zombies, vampires and ghosts feature prominently in nearly all forms of entertainment in the 21st century, including popular fiction, film, comics, television and computer games. But these creatures have been vital to the entertainment industry since the best-seller books of a …
What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical …
Gregory Waller shows why the vampires continues to fascinate us in film and fiction. He focuses upon a series of interrelated novels, stories, plays, films, and made-for-television movies.
This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, m…
by Manning, Paul, Leaning, Marcus, Hubner, Laura
by Manning, Paul, Leaning, Marcus, Hubner, Laura
This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, m…
"Since the early 2000s, zombies have increasingly swarmed the landscape of popular culture. A growing number of zombie narratives have introduced sexual themes, endowing the living dead with their own sexual identity. The unpleasant idea of the sexual zombie is itself provocativ…
"Zombies are cautionary forms of humankind's most universally cherished ideal - life after death. Often ragged, unkempt, ill-spoken, rotting individuals, zombies(or the post-dead) seem socially awkward in comparison to the more popular and more aristocratic, undead, like Count D…
