{"product_id":"decolonizing-the-undead-rethinking-zombies-in-world-literature-film-and-media-paperback-1","title":"Decolonizing the Undead: Rethinking Zombies in World-Literature, Film, and Media - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGiulia Champion\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRoxanne Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking beyond Euro-Anglo-US centric zombie narratives, \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing the Undead\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders representations and allegories constructed around this figure of the undead, probing its cultural and historical weight across different nations and its significance to postcolonial, decolonial, and neoliberal discourses. Taking stock of zombies as they appear in literature, film, and television from the Caribbean, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, India, Japan, and Iraq, this book explores how the undead reflect a plethora of experiences previously obscured by western preoccupations and anxieties. These include embodiment and dismemberment in Haitian revolutionary contexts; resistance and subversion to social realities in the Caribbean and Latin America; symbiosis of cultural, historical traditions with Western popular culture; the undead as feminist figures; as an allegory for migrant workers; as a critique to reconfigure socio-ecological relations between humans and nature; and as a means of voicing the plurality of stories from destroyed cities and war-zones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Interspersed with contextual explorations of the zombie narrative in American culture (such as zombie walks and the television series \u003ci\u003eThe Santa Clarita Diet\u003c\/i\u003e) contributors examine such writers as Lowell R. Torres, Diego Vel?zquez Betancourt, Hemendra Kumar Roy, and Manabendra Pal; works like China Mieville's \u003ci\u003eCovehithe\u003c\/i\u003e, Reza Negarestani's \u003ci\u003eCycolonopedia\u003c\/i\u003e, Julio Ortega's novel \u003ci\u003eAdi?s, Ayacucho\u003c\/i\u003e, Ahmed Saadawi's \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein in Baghdad; \u003c\/i\u003eand films by Alejandro Brugu?s, Michael James Rowland, Steve McQueen, and many others. Far from just another zombie project, this is a vital study that teases out the important conversations among numerous cultures and nations embodied in this universally recognized figure of the undead.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Shapiro \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of American Literature at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author or editor of 17 books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Marx's Capital \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wire: Race, Class, and Genre \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiulia Champion\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre at the University of Essex and Research Assistant in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at the University of Warwick, UK. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eEthical Futures and Global Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \"Intersections of Activism and Academia\" with the Bulletin of Latin American Research (2022).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoxanne Douglas \u003c\/b\u003eis Teaching Fellow in the Department of English \u0026amp; Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52704139608371,"sku":"9781350271166","price":80.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rv9rr4oenx9781350271166_7a9456bc-f242-4cec-82ce-34fa642708e3.webp?v=1763348283","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/decolonizing-the-undead-rethinking-zombies-in-world-literature-film-and-media-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}