Zombies in Western culture : a twenty-first century crisis / John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, and Filip Miscevic.

By: Vervaeke, John [author.]Contributor(s): Mastropietro, Christopher [author.] | Miscevic, Filip [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Open Book Publishers, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Description: 1 online resource (106 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781783743308 (e-book)Subject(s): Zombies -- Psychological aspects | Alienation (Social psychology) | Displacement (Psychology) | Popular culture -- Psychological aspects | Zombies -- Social aspects | Zombies in popular culture | Zombies in motion pictures | Zombies in literature | Society in literature | Civilization, ModernGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Zombies in Western culture : a twenty-first century crisis.DDC classification: 398.21 LOC classification: GR581 | .V475 2017Online resources: Wie greife ich auf das E-Book zu? | Click to View
Contents:
1. A new Zeitgeist -- 2. A transition in metaphors: a brief history of monster Zeitgeists -- 3. The four symbols of the zombie metaphor -- 4. A worldview in crisis: the domicide of apocalypse -- 5. The four horsemen of the zombie apocalypse: converging evidence for a crisis in meaning -- 6. An introduction to the genealogy of the meaning crisis -- 7. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-90) and index.

1. A new Zeitgeist -- 2. A transition in metaphors: a brief history of monster Zeitgeists -- 3. The four symbols of the zombie metaphor -- 4. A worldview in crisis: the domicide of apocalypse -- 5. The four horsemen of the zombie apocalypse: converging evidence for a crisis in meaning -- 6. An introduction to the genealogy of the meaning crisis -- 7. Conclusion.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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