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Author:   Kyle William Bishop ,  Mikaela Bobiy ,  Aaron Bradshaw ,  Nils Bubandt
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.435kg
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9781793625847

ISBN 10:   1793625840
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   05 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Simon Bacon Part I: Undead Identity in the Anthropocene Chapter 1: (Un)Death of the Father: Self-Sacrificing Paternity in Modern Zombie Narratives Kyle William Bishop Chapter 2: Undeath, Theatricality, and the EcoGothic in DC Moore’s Common (2017) Gheorghe Williams Chapter 3: Maggie in the Necrocene Johan Höglund Part II: Undead Spaces and “Zones” of the Anthropocene Chapter 4: The Uncanny Valley of the Anthropocene: Short Stories About the Undead Under the Brightest of Lights Nils Bubandt Chapter 5: Mutants and Tourists: Horror Film, Sacrifice Zones, and Chernobyl Diaries (2012) Steffen Hantke Chapter 6: A Panic on the 4th of July: Municipal Malfeasance, Mutation and Monstrosity in Barry Levinson’s The Bay (2012) Rebecca Stone Gordon Part III: The Anthropocene and the End of “Time” Chapter 7: “Dying All the Time”: The Future as the Extended Present and the Zombification of History in the Anthropocene Elana Gomel Chapter 8: Avenging the Anthropocene: Returning the Dead to Li

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The undead, in their many forms, have never been more popular and never felt more relevant than in a cultural landscape plagued by global pandemic and ecological disaster, making Simon Bacon’s Anthropocene and the Undead a timely analysis. Bringing together a dream-team of cultural commentators discussing representations of the Anthropocene and its demise across film, television, literature and theatre through the prism of the undead, this book offers a richly nuanced consideration of the fractured relationship between humanity and the natural world. The chapters are provocative, insightful and richly interconnected, inviting reflection and action. -- Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton There is a cascade of books examining the Anthropocene, but this collection stands out for its brilliant elucidation of the many ways the ‘undead’ represent a present era that is increasingly defined by humans’ impact on the planet. Expertly organized and contextualized by Simon Bacon, essays consider the ways in which the ‘undead’ figure identity, space, time, life, death and undying in the Anthropocene. Reading both cultural texts and material reality, the essays collectively illuminate how everything about life on Earth is becoming an ‘undying’ that is also, inevitably, an ongoing history of the evolution of life on Earth. -- Dawn Keetley, Lehigh University

The undead, in their many forms, have never been more popular and never felt more relevant than in a cultural landscape plagued by global pandemic and ecological disaster, making Simon Bacon's Anthropocene and the Undead a timely analysis. Bringing together a dream-team of cultural commentators discussing representations of the Anthropocene and its demise across film, television, literature and theatre through the prism of the undead, this book offers a richly nuanced consideration of the fractured relationship between humanity and the natural world. The chapters are provocative, insightful and richly interconnected, inviting reflection and action. --Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton There is a cascade of books examining the Anthropocene, but this collection stands out for its brilliant elucidation of the many ways the 'undead' represent a present era that is increasingly defined by humans' impact on the planet. Expertly organized and contextualized by Simon Bacon, essays consider the ways in which the 'undead' figure identity, space, time, life, death and undying in the Anthropocene. Reading both cultural texts and material reality, the essays collectively illuminate how everything about life on Earth is becoming an 'undying' that is also, inevitably, an ongoing history of the evolution of life on Earth. --Dawn Keetley, Lehigh University

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