Zombies in Western Culture A Twenty-First Century Crisis

"Why 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 We...

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Main Author: Vervaeke, John (auth)
Other Authors: Mastropietro, Christopher (auth), Miscevic, Filip (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2017
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