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Author:   Elizabeth Erwin ,  Dawn Keetley
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.268kg
ISBN:  

9781476668499

ISBN 10:   1476668493
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   04 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction: Identity Politics in The Walking Dead (Dawn Keetley) Arête of Violence: Hypermasculinity as Power Currency in the ­Post-Apocalyptic Political Economy (Dustin Dunaway) The Curious Case of ­T-Dog: A Magical Negro? (Elexus Jionde) The Hyperreal Hillbilly: Horror, Melodrama and Backwoods White Protagonists (Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles) “There’s no niggers anymore… There’s us and the dead”: Masculinity in a ­Post-Racial, ­Post-Apocalyptic America (Brooke Bennett) Becoming Glenn: Asian American Masculinity (Helen K. Ho) “Look at the flowers”: Meme Culture and the (Re)Centering of Hegemonic Masculinities Through Women Characters (Tiffany A. Christian) A Woman’s Work Is Never Done: Mothering and Marriage (Elizabeth Erwin) “We ain’t ashes”: Daryl, Carol and the Burning Away of Traditional Gender Roles (Catherine Pugh) The Beauty of Beth Greene (Deborah Kennedy) The Sexualized Heroics of Rick and Michonne (Emily Zarka) Rules for Surviving Rape Culture (Natalie Wilson) “We can’t just ignore the rules”: Queer Heterosexualities (John R. Ziegler) Afterword: From Identity Politics to Tribalism (Dawn Keetley) Episode List Bibliography About the Contributors Index

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Elizabeth Erwin is an assistant professor/librarian and writes about all things that go bump in the night at Horror Homeroom, a website she co-founded. She lives in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. Dawn Keetley is a professor of English at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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