The Zombie Renaissance in Popular Culture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Zombie Renaissance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Laura Hubner, Marcus Leaning, Paul Manning

      Pages 3-14

   3. An Infected Population: Zombie Culture and the Modern Monstrous

      • Ian Conrich

      Pages 15-25

   4. ‘I always wanted to see how the other half lives’: The Contemporary Zombie as Seductive Proselyte

      • Kyle William Bishop

      Pages 26-38

3. Zombies Go to the Movies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. Archiving Gore: Who Owns Zombie Flesh Eaters?

      • Laura Hubner

      Pages 41-55

   3. Consumerism and the Undead City: The Silent Hill and Resident Evil Films

      • Antonio Sanna

      Pages 56-69

   4. The Undead Down Under

      • Steven Allen

      Pages 70-87

4. Zombies Invade Television, Video Games and Music

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Rocking with the Undead: How Zombies Infected the Psychobilly Subculture

      • Jane Dipple

      Pages 91-106

   3. A Utilitarian Antagonist: The Zombie in Popular Video Games

      • Nathan Hunt

      Pages 107-123

   4. Zombies and the Sociological Imagination: The Walking Dead as Social-Science Fiction

      • Darren Reed, Ruth Penfold-Mounce

      Pages 124-138

5. Zombie Fans and Digital Cultures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Mumsnet Zombies: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse on Mumsnet and YouTube

      • Marcus Leaning

      Pages 141-159

   3. Zombies, Zomedies, Digital Fan Cultures and the Politics of Taste

      • Paul Manning

      Pages 160-173

   4. Zombie Culture: Dissent, Celebration and the Carnivalesque in Social Spaces

      • Emma Austin

      Pages 174-190

6. Zombies in Writing and Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. The Galvanic ‘Unhuman’: Technology, the Living Dead and the ‘Animal-Machine’ in Literature and Culture

      • Fran Mason

      Pages 193-207

   3. Zombies, a Lost Literary Heritage and the Return of the Repressed

      • Toby Venables

      Pages 208-223

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, music, social media, literature and fandom.

• zombie culture
• video games
• horror film
• cinema
• literature
• cult audience
• monsters
• apocalypse
• YouTube
• culture
• media
• politics
• technology
• television
• video

• University of Winchester, UK

  Laura Hubner, Marcus Leaning, Paul Manning

Steven Allen, University of Winchester, UK Emma Austin, University of Portsmouth, UK Kyle William Bishop, Southern Utah University, USA Ian Conrich, University of South Australia, Australia Jane Dipple, University of Winchester, UK Laura Hubner, University of Winchester, UK Nathan Hunt, University of Derby, UK Marcus Leaning, University of Winchester, UK Paul Manning, University of Winchester, UK Fran Mason, University of Winchester, UK Ruth Penfold-Mounce, University of York, UK Darren Reed, University of York, UK Antonio Sanna, University of Cagliari, Italy Toby Venables, Anglia Ruskin University, UK

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