Infected empires : decolonizing zombies /

Infected empires : decolonizing zombies /

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Author / Creator:	Saldarriaga, Patricia, author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2022.
Description:	vii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Global media and race Global media and race.
Subject:	Zombies in motion pictures. Zombies in popular culture. Postcolonialism in motion pictures. Postcolonialism in motion pictures. Zombies in motion pictures. Zombies in popular culture.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12755065

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Other authors / contributors:	Manini, Emy, 1968- author.
ISBN:	9781978826793 1978826796 9781978826786 1978826788 9781978826809 9781978826816 9781978826823
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176), filmography and index.
Summary:	"Given the current moment--polarized populations, increasing climate fears, and decline of supranational institutions in favor of a rising tide of nationalisms-- it is easy to understand the proliferation of apocalyptic and dystopian elements in popular culture. Infected Empires examines one of the most popular figures in contemporary apocalyptic film: the zombie. This harbinger of apocalypse reveals bloody truths about the human condition, the wounds of history, and methods of contending with them. Infected Empires considers parallels in the zombie genre to historical and current events on different political, theological and philosophical levels, and proposes that the zombie can be read as a figure of decolonization and an allegory of resistance to oppressive structures that racialize, marginalize, disable, and dispose of bodies. Studying films from around the world, including Latin America, Asia, Africa, the US, and Europe, Infected Empires presents a vision of a global zombie that points toward a posthuman and feminist future"--

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Call Number:	PN1995.9.Z63S35 2022
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