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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sarah J. LauroPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9780813568836ISBN 10: 0813568838 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 15 July 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on OrthographyIntroduction: Zombie Dialectics1 Slavery and Slave Rebellion: The (Pre)History of the Zombi/e2 “American” Zombies: Love and Theft on the Silver Screen3 Haitian Zombis: Symbolic Revolutions, Metaphoric Conquests, and the Mythic Occupation of History4 Textual Zombies in the Visual ArtsEpilogue: The Occupation of MetaphorFilmographyNotesBibliographyIndexReviewsSimply put, this is a tremendous--even epic--study of the zombie in a range of literary, cinematic, political, and popular contexts. A groundbreaking work! -- (07/28/2014) This meticulously researched and exhaustive study is an invaluable offering to both Haitian and humanist scholarship. The historical depth and cultural breadth call attention to the zombie's impact as real social phenomenon and as provocative metaphor for the human condition. -- (03/23/2015) Simply put, this is a tremendous even epic study of the zombie in a range of literary, cinematic, political, and popular contexts. A groundbreaking work! --Aviva Briefel Bowdoin College (07/28/2014) Simply put, this is a tremendous--even epic--study of the zombie in a range of literary, cinematic, political, and popular contexts. A groundbreaking work! --Aviva Briefel Bowdoin College (07/28/2014) This meticulously researched and exhaustive study is an invaluable offering to both Haitian and humanist scholarship. The historical depth and cultural breadth call attention to the zombie's impact as real social phenomenon and as provocative metaphor for the human condition. """Simply put, this is a tremendous--even epic--study of the zombie in a range of literary, cinematic, political, and popular contexts. A groundbreaking work!""--Aviva Briefel ""Bowdoin College"" (7/28/2014 12:00:00 AM) ""This meticulously researched and exhaustive study is an invaluable offering to both Haitian and humanist scholarship. The historical depth and cultural breadth call attention to the zombie's impact as real social phenomenon and as provocative metaphor for the human condition.""--Kaiama L. Glover ""author of Haiti Unbound: A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon"" (3/23/2015 12:00:00 AM)" Author InformationSARAH JULIET LAURO is an assistant professor at the University of Tampa, Florida. She is the coeditor of Better off Dead: The Evolution of Zombie as Posthuman. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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