Theorising the Contemporary Zombie: Contextual Pasts, Presents, and Futures

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An exploration of what the widespread contemporary interest in stories of zombies can tell us.

Contemporary culture is undergoing a zombie invasion, with the undead present in books, movies, TV shows, and more. Contributors tease out a horde of cultural resonance through a range of international media, including the South Korean horror film Train to Busan, English-language young adult novel The Boy on the Bridge, and the 1980s Italian Gates of Hell trilogy. This book offers a series of thought-provoking examinations of the meanings and metaphors of zombies in three distinct fields: gender and sexuality, the environment, and media.

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"Theorising the Contemporary Zombie represents a valuable contribution to the growing literature of zombie studies. This innovative collection transcends the often myopic focus of similar scholarly anthologies by demonstrating how valuable the zombie metaphor is for a variety of disciplines and intertexts, not to mention contemporary society as a whole. These essays are a must-read for fans and scholars of the zombie figure alike."
--Dr. Kyle William Bishop, Professor of English, Southern Utah University

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Scott Hamilton is a research associate at the University College Dublin Humanities Institute and a writing instructor at the University College Dublin Writing Centre. He has published on Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien and Zombiism, and is co-founder of the Zombie Studies Network and the Theorizing Zombiism conference series. Conor Heffernan is a lecturer of sport at the University of Ulster.