The Zombie Reader

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Author(s): Kieran Murphy
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cognella
Year: 2019

Language: English
Commentary: The Zombie Reader should be read to contextualize and shed new light on familiar zombie sto- ries such as The Walking Dead (2010–present) and Colson Whitehead’s novel Zone One (2011). It provides readings to examine how the zombie was imported from Haiti to Hollywood during the American Occupation of Haiti (1915–34) and the Great Depression. It also introduces read- ers to Afro-Caribbean culture through its own interpretations of the zombie. Learning about Afro-Caribbean thought stimulates students’ cultural literacy not only by bringing a new and richer perspective on the zombie in popular culture, but also on central human experiences such as death, dehumanization, loss, and mourning.
Pages: 221
Tags: Zombie reader Kieran Murphy zombies haiti voodoo vodou CU Boulder cognella

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction: What Remains After the End of the World......Page 9
Part 1: Vodou, Voodoo, and the Globalization of a Haitian Curiosity......Page 16
1- The Social History of Haitian Vodou: An Introductory Sketch......Page 20
2- "...Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields"......Page 52
3- Zombies......Page 62
Part 2: Haunted History: Dispossession and Spectral Workers......Page 75
4- Dismemberment, Naming, and Divinity......Page 79
5- Zombies, Robots, Race, and Modern Labour......Page 94
6- Alien-Nation: Zombies, Immigrants, and Millennial Capitalism......Page 115
Part 3: Projections of Death: Mourning, Melancholia, and the Undead......Page 138
7- After 1945: Zombie Massification......Page 143
8- Rest in Pieces: Voilence in Mourning the (Un)Dead......Page 163
9- Zombies Become Warriors: Lef Addres d’un défi......Page 176
Part 4: Sympathy for the Zombie......Page 192
10- Humanizing the Living Dead: The Evolution of the Zombie Protagonist......Page 195
11- Ludic Zombies: An Examination of Zombieism in Games......Page 211