The year's work at the Zombie Research Center

544 Pages·2014·21.771 MB·English

by  Comentale, Edward P., Jaffe, Aaron

Zombie
The Year’s Work at the Research Center
The Year’s Work:
Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory
Edward P. Comentale and Aaron Jaffe, editors
The Year’s Work at the
Z o m b i e
Research Center
Edited by
Edward P. Comentale
& Aaron Jaffe
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To those who watched them with us and those who wouldn’t

By heaven and hell, and all the fools between them,
I will not die, nor sleep, nor wink my eyes,
But think myself into a god; old Death
Shall dream he has slain me, and I’ll creep behind him,
Thrust off the bony tyrant from his throne
And beat him into dust. Or I will burst
Damnation’s iron egg, my tomb, and come
Half damned, ere they make lightning of my soul,
And creep into thy carcase as thou sleepest
Between two crimson fevers. I’ll dethrone
The empty skeleton, and be thy death,
A death of grinding madness.—Fear me now;
I am a devil, not a human soul—
Thomas Lovell Beddoes, “Hard Dying”

Contents
xi * Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Zombie Research Center FAQ
1 *
Edward P. Comentale & Aaron Jaffe
59 1 Zombie Psychology Stephen Watt
89 2 Zombie Demographics Aaron Jaffe
116 3 Zombie Spaces Dan Hassler-Forest
150 4 Zombie Media Erik Bohman
193 5 Zombie Health Care Stephen Shapiro
227 6 Zombie Physiology Jack Raglin
248 7 Zombie Performance Atia Sattar
276 8 Zombie Race Edward P. Comentale
315 9 Zombie Politics Seth Morton
341 10 Zombie Postfeminism Andrea Ruthven
361 11 Zombie Linguistics Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe