Bibliograph

Living with the living dead, the wisdom of the zombie apocalypse, Greg Garrett

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Label

Living with the living dead, the wisdom of the zombie apocalypse, Greg Garrett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Living with the living dead

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Greg Garrett

Sub title

the wisdom of the zombie apocalypse

Summary

Whenever humankind faces what it perceives as extinction-level events, a macabre thing happens in art, literature and culture: corpses begin to stand up and walk around. The dead walked in the 14th century, when the Black Death and other catastrophes roiled Europe. They walked in images from World War I, when a generation died in the trenches. They walked in art representing the Holocaust and the atomic attacks on Japan. And now, in the early 21st century, stories of the zombie apocalypse are pervasive narratives of post-9/11 Western culture. The zombie apocalypse, Garrett shows, has become an archetypal narrative for the contemporary world

Table Of Contents

1. Life, Death, and Zombies: Who Are the Living Dead? -- 2. Hungry for Each Other: How Zombie Stories Encourage Community -- 3. Carrying the Fire: The Ethics of the Zombie Apocalypse -- 4. And In the End: Is the Zombie Apocalypse Good or Bad? -- Conclusion: Living with the Living Dead

Target audience

adult

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