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Author:   Nadine Farghaly
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780786472918

ISBN 10:   078647291
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 April 2014
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 Acknowledgments Introduction: Unraveling the Resident Evil Universe From Necromancy to the Necrotrophic: Resident Evil’s Influence on the Zombie Origin Shift from Supernatural to Science (Tanya Carinae Pell Jones) Survival and System in Resident Evil (2002): Remembering, Repeating and ­Working-Through (Daniel Müller) Why They Keep Coming Back: The Allure of Incongruity (Adam M. Crowley) Opening Doors: ­Art-Horror and Agency (Stephen Cadwell) Survival Horror, Metaculture and the Fluidity of Video Game Genres (Broc Holmquest) The Strong, Silent Type: Alice’s Use of Rhetorical Silence as Feminist Strategy (Suzan E. Aiken) “My name is Alice and I remember everything!” Surviving Sexual Abuse in the Resident Evil Films (James Stone) The Woman in the Red Dress: Sexuality, Femmes Fatales, the Gaze and Ada Wong (Jenny Platz) Chris Redfield and the Curious Case of Wesker’s Sunglasses (Nicolas J. Lalone) Through the ­Looking-Glass: Interrogating the “Alice-ness” of Alice (Hannah Priest) Thank You for Making Me Human Again: Alice and the Teaching of Scientific Ethics (Kristine Larsen) Zombies, Cyborgs and Wheelchairs: The Question of Normalcy Within Diseased and Disabled Bodies (JL Schatz) “I barely feel human anymore”: Project Alice and the Posthuman in the Films (Margo Collins) “Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast”: Living Memory and Undead History (Simon Bacon) About the Contributors Index

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Nadine Farghaly has a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Salzburg. She lives in Siegsdorf, Germany.

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