Encyclopedia of the Zombie
The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth
Published on 19. June 2014
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-4408-0388-8 (ISBN)
Description
A fascinating read for anyone from general readers to hardcore fans and scholars, this encyclopedia covers virtually every aspect of the zombie as cultural phenomenon, including film, literature, folklore, music, video games, and events.
The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the new vampires" in popular culture. The editors and contributors of Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth took on the prodigious task of covering all aspects of the phenomenon, from the less-known historical and cultural origins of the zombie myth to the significant works of film and literature as well as video games in the modern day that feature the insatiable, relentless zombie character.
The encyclopedia examines a wide range of significant topics pertaining to zombies, such as zombies in the pulp magazines; the creation of the figure of the zuvembie to subvert decades of censorship by the Comics Code of Authority; Humans vs. Zombies, a popular zombie-themed game played on college campuses across the country; and annual Halloween zombie walks. Organized alphabetically to facilitate use of the encyclopedia as a research tool, it also includes entries on important scholarly works in the expanding field of zombie studies.
The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the new vampires" in popular culture. The editors and contributors of Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth took on the prodigious task of covering all aspects of the phenomenon, from the less-known historical and cultural origins of the zombie myth to the significant works of film and literature as well as video games in the modern day that feature the insatiable, relentless zombie character.
The encyclopedia examines a wide range of significant topics pertaining to zombies, such as zombies in the pulp magazines; the creation of the figure of the zuvembie to subvert decades of censorship by the Comics Code of Authority; Humans vs. Zombies, a popular zombie-themed game played on college campuses across the country; and annual Halloween zombie walks. Organized alphabetically to facilitate use of the encyclopedia as a research tool, it also includes entries on important scholarly works in the expanding field of zombie studies.
Reviews / Votes
Given the popularity and paucity of reference materials currently available on this topic, this book is a welcome addition. * ARBA * This encyclopedia possesses wide appeal and is appropriate for general audiences. Researchers interested in monsters, anthropology, politics, and film history are also well-served by its contents. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. * Choice * This encyclopedia is appropriate for academic libraries because of its inclusion of relevant scholarly works. It will also serve public libraries well because of the zombie's prevalence in popular culture. * Reference Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
53 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
945 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-0388-8 (9781440803888)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
June Michele Pulliam teaches courses on horror fiction at Louisiana State University.
Anthony J. Fonseca is the director of Alumnae Library at Elms College, Chicopee, MA.
Anthony J. Fonseca is the director of Alumnae Library at Elms College, Chicopee, MA.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A-Z Entries
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
Africa
Angel, Joanna
Apocalypse
Army of Darkness (Comic)
Asian Cinema
Astro-Zombies, The
Autumn Series
Barker, Clive
Baron Samedi
Bierce, Ambrose
Blind Dead Tetralogy
Blood Crazy
Blood Creek
Bokur/Caplata
Bombie the Zombie
Boneman
Boneshaker
Book of the Dead
Bowery at Midnight
Boy Who Couldn't Die, The
Bradbury, Ray
Brooks, Max
Bubba Ho-Tep (Film)
"Bubba Ho-Tep" (Short Story)
C.H.U.D. Series
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Campbell, Bruce
Cannibalism
Carnival of Souls
Cell
Cellar, The
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Children's Books
Clark, Bob
Class
Colin
Comedy
Coscarelli, Don
"Country of Comers-Back, The"
Craven, Wes
Crazies, The
Creepshow
Cronenberg, David
Cult Film
Davis, Wade
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dead Alive
Dead and Buried
Dead Island
Dead Rising
Dead Set
Dead Snow
Dead Walk, The
Dead World Series
Dementia
Draugar
Ed and His Dead Mother
Epidemics
Evil Dead, The (Films)
Evil Dead: The Musical
Evil Dead, The (Video Game)
Existentialism
"Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The"
Fido
Fog, The
Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy, The
Franco, Jess
Free Will
Fulci, Lucio
Gates of Hell Trilogy
Gender
Ghosts
Ghoul
Gil's All Fright Diner
"Gilgamesh"
Golem
Goon, The
Gordon, Stuart
Grant, Mira
Graphic Novels and Comics
Greatshell, Walter
Grindhouse
Haiti
Hammer Film Productions
Handling the Undead
"Herbert West-Reanimator"
"History of Gherib and His Brother Agib, The"
Homecoming
House of the Dead Series
How to Be a Zombie
Humans vs. Zombies
Hurston, Zora Neale
I Am Legend (Films)
I Am Legend (Novel)
I Walked with a Zombie
In the Flesh
Inferi and the Imperiused
Ishtar
Italian Cinema
Jackson, Peter
Jiang Shi
Juan of the Dead
Keene, Brian
King, Stephen
LaBruce, Bruce
Lansdale, Joe R.
Lazarus
Left 4 Dead
Lifeforce
Live and Let Die
Lovecraft, H. P.
Lugosi, Bela
Maberry, Jonathan
Magic Island, The
"Malthusian's Zombie"
Marvel Zombies
Mash-Ups, Literary
Matheson, Richard
Mattei, Bruno
Mockumentaries
Monster Island Trilogy
"Mr. Garrity and the Graves"
Mummies
Mummy, The
My Boyfriend's Back
Narcisse, Clairvius
Nazi Zombies
Necropolis
Night of the Comet
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Night of the Living Dead Series
Paffenroth, Kim
Passage of Darkness
Permuted Press
Pet Sematary (Film)
Pet Sematary (Novel)
Phantasm Series
Plague of the Zombies, The
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plants vs. Zombies
Poe, Edgar Allan
Poetry, Haitian Creole
Pontypool
Pontypool Changes Everything
Pornography
Post-Human Zombies
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Quarantine
Race
Raimi, Sam
Raising Stony Mayhall
Reanimation
Re-Animator Series
[REC] Series
Reference Books
Resident Evil (Video Game)
Return of the Living Dead, The
Return of the Living Dead Series
Road, The (Film)
Road, The (Novel)
Rom Zom Com
Romero, George
Romero's Rules
Rose, Timo
Savini, Tom
Science Fiction
Seabrook, W. B.
Sentience
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (Book)
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (Film)
Shaun of the Dead
Solomon Grundy
Stake Land
Stupidest Angel, The
Tales from the Crypt (Comic)
Tales from the Crypt (Film)
Tales from the Hood
Talking Dead, The
Television
Tell My Horse
Tenney, Del
Tetrodotoxin
Thriller
28 Days Later Series
Undead Evil
Universal Studios
Vampires and Werewolves
Video Games
Voodoo
Voodoo Man
Walking Dead, The (Comic)
Walking Dead, The (Television Series)
Warm Bodies (Film)
Warm Bodies (Novel)
Weapons
Wellington, David
Wells, H. G.
White Trash Zombie Series
White Zombie
World War Z (Film)
World War Z (Novel)
Xombies Trilogy
Young Adult Fiction
Zombi Series
Zombie (Novel)
"Zombie" (Song)
Zombie Actors Guild, The
Zombie Cucumber
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Zombie Haiku
Zombie Night Trilogy
"Zombie Prince, The"
Zombie Strippers!
Zombie Studies
Zombie Survival Guide, The
Zombie Walk
Zombiecore
Zombieland
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies on Broadway
Zone One (Novel)
Zuvembie
Appendix A: Chronology of Zombie Films, 1920-2014
Appendix B: Zombie Studies: Academic Books and Articles about Zombies
Further Reading
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Introduction
A-Z Entries
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
Africa
Angel, Joanna
Apocalypse
Army of Darkness (Comic)
Asian Cinema
Astro-Zombies, The
Autumn Series
Barker, Clive
Baron Samedi
Bierce, Ambrose
Blind Dead Tetralogy
Blood Crazy
Blood Creek
Bokur/Caplata
Bombie the Zombie
Boneman
Boneshaker
Book of the Dead
Bowery at Midnight
Boy Who Couldn't Die, The
Bradbury, Ray
Brooks, Max
Bubba Ho-Tep (Film)
"Bubba Ho-Tep" (Short Story)
C.H.U.D. Series
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The
Campbell, Bruce
Cannibalism
Carnival of Souls
Cell
Cellar, The
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Children's Books
Clark, Bob
Class
Colin
Comedy
Coscarelli, Don
"Country of Comers-Back, The"
Craven, Wes
Crazies, The
Creepshow
Cronenberg, David
Cult Film
Davis, Wade
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Dead Alive
Dead and Buried
Dead Island
Dead Rising
Dead Set
Dead Snow
Dead Walk, The
Dead World Series
Dementia
Draugar
Ed and His Dead Mother
Epidemics
Evil Dead, The (Films)
Evil Dead: The Musical
Evil Dead, The (Video Game)
Existentialism
"Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The"
Fido
Fog, The
Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy, The
Franco, Jess
Free Will
Fulci, Lucio
Gates of Hell Trilogy
Gender
Ghosts
Ghoul
Gil's All Fright Diner
"Gilgamesh"
Golem
Goon, The
Gordon, Stuart
Grant, Mira
Graphic Novels and Comics
Greatshell, Walter
Grindhouse
Haiti
Hammer Film Productions
Handling the Undead
"Herbert West-Reanimator"
"History of Gherib and His Brother Agib, The"
Homecoming
House of the Dead Series
How to Be a Zombie
Humans vs. Zombies
Hurston, Zora Neale
I Am Legend (Films)
I Am Legend (Novel)
I Walked with a Zombie
In the Flesh
Inferi and the Imperiused
Ishtar
Italian Cinema
Jackson, Peter
Jiang Shi
Juan of the Dead
Keene, Brian
King, Stephen
LaBruce, Bruce
Lansdale, Joe R.
Lazarus
Left 4 Dead
Lifeforce
Live and Let Die
Lovecraft, H. P.
Lugosi, Bela
Maberry, Jonathan
Magic Island, The
"Malthusian's Zombie"
Marvel Zombies
Mash-Ups, Literary
Matheson, Richard
Mattei, Bruno
Mockumentaries
Monster Island Trilogy
"Mr. Garrity and the Graves"
Mummies
Mummy, The
My Boyfriend's Back
Narcisse, Clairvius
Nazi Zombies
Necropolis
Night of the Comet
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Night of the Living Dead Series
Paffenroth, Kim
Passage of Darkness
Permuted Press
Pet Sematary (Film)
Pet Sematary (Novel)
Phantasm Series
Plague of the Zombies, The
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plants vs. Zombies
Poe, Edgar Allan
Poetry, Haitian Creole
Pontypool
Pontypool Changes Everything
Pornography
Post-Human Zombies
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Quarantine
Race
Raimi, Sam
Raising Stony Mayhall
Reanimation
Re-Animator Series
[REC] Series
Reference Books
Resident Evil (Video Game)
Return of the Living Dead, The
Return of the Living Dead Series
Road, The (Film)
Road, The (Novel)
Rom Zom Com
Romero, George
Romero's Rules
Rose, Timo
Savini, Tom
Science Fiction
Seabrook, W. B.
Sentience
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (Book)
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (Film)
Shaun of the Dead
Solomon Grundy
Stake Land
Stupidest Angel, The
Tales from the Crypt (Comic)
Tales from the Crypt (Film)
Tales from the Hood
Talking Dead, The
Television
Tell My Horse
Tenney, Del
Tetrodotoxin
Thriller
28 Days Later Series
Undead Evil
Universal Studios
Vampires and Werewolves
Video Games
Voodoo
Voodoo Man
Walking Dead, The (Comic)
Walking Dead, The (Television Series)
Warm Bodies (Film)
Warm Bodies (Novel)
Weapons
Wellington, David
Wells, H. G.
White Trash Zombie Series
White Zombie
World War Z (Film)
World War Z (Novel)
Xombies Trilogy
Young Adult Fiction
Zombi Series
Zombie (Novel)
"Zombie" (Song)
Zombie Actors Guild, The
Zombie Cucumber
Zombie Girl: The Movie
Zombie Haiku
Zombie Night Trilogy
"Zombie Prince, The"
Zombie Strippers!
Zombie Studies
Zombie Survival Guide, The
Zombie Walk
Zombiecore
Zombieland
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Zombies on Broadway
Zone One (Novel)
Zuvembie
Appendix A: Chronology of Zombie Films, 1920-2014
Appendix B: Zombie Studies: Academic Books and Articles about Zombies
Further Reading
About the Editors and Contributors
Index