Author: Brian Anse Patrick
Publisher: Arktos
ISBN: 1907166912
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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In films, television, books, games, pornography, and now even in firearms and ammunition being sold to the American public, zombies are one of the mainstays of the popular culture of our time. Far from being only a passing curiosity, Brian Patrick dissects the zombie, showing it as the articulation of deep-seated fears within the Western psyche, a symbol in fact for the growing dehumanization that many of us observe, or perhaps sense without fully realizing it, in modern civilization. Patrick connects the zombie phenomenon to previous historical occurrences, drawing on both religion and psychology to show how such symbolic tropes that lodge in the collective unconscious of a culture are reflective of the psychological needs of large numbers of people in times of crisis. Patrick likewise shows how zombiedom has manifested particularly in American gun culture, and how this relates to the growth of a large-scale citizens' activist movement in favor of gun rights. Also included are practical tips on how to stay out of the clutches of zombiedom. Zombology is more than just a book about zombies, however. The zombie, for Patrick, is a peculiarly Western phenomenon, and as such, he examines how it can be seen as a manifestation of not-so-abstract forces battling for the future of our civilization: will collectivization or the individual, dream or reality win out? Patrick offers his own diagnosis. "At the very least the zombie adds some much-needed psychic contrast to the cold, to the grey and to the unending. It also provides a face, albeit necrotic, to the seemingly impersonal sociological forces that undermine the West; for in a near-perfect correspondence with the zombie, the West itself appears to be necrotic in a galloping way. Both need brains to ease the pain."-p. 48

Author: Numerous Authors
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781448699568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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23 more short zombie stories from 23 different authors. This is a grand companion to the best selling "Zombology: A Zombie Anthology." You will find the weirdest, strangest and most unique zombies you unded brain can fathom is this, the second of the Zombology series. Undead love to you all, Doc

Author: Dr Pus
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781442125445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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An incredible collecton of crawling cadavers, relentless rotting revenents, uncompromising undead, strange as hell shamblers, zealous zombies and any other type of living dead you could imagine. 21 stories to give you necrotizing nightmares From "Library of the Living Dead Press" we give you "ZOMBOLOGY." Take a breath between each story .... you'll need it to scream!! Undead love to you all, Dr. Pus Library of the Living Dead Press E-mail: [email protected]

Author: Dale Seslick
Publisher: Allison & Busby
ISBN: 0749009225
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Worried about what to do in the event of the dead rising from their graves and trying to destroy humanity? Worry no more! With the help of numerous films and Wikipedia, Dr Dale has compiled this rigorously researched A-Z list of everything you need to know about zombies: how to recognise them, how to fight them and even how to classify them. He can answer all of your burning questions including: How can a sheep help defend me against the undead? What will the response of the Women's Institute be to an attack? What's the most useful style of dance to know in the event of the apocalypse? From the best kind of clothing to wear to the most appropriate soundtrack for a zombie apocalypse, this is the ultimate guide to preparing for and surviving the return of the undead. Full money back guarantee offered should you die in a zombie apocalypse within 30 days of purchase

Author: John Grover
Publisher: Shadowtales Publications
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39

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Meet Braenyn, elf, thief, magic-user. He lives a rogue’s life with his lover, the shape-shifter Tarrow. Together they try to survive and better their situation in a mad world filled with warlords, cut-throats, supernatural horrors, trows, gibbelins and ogres. Following his own path, Braenyn undertakes dangerous quests and missions seeking wealth and treasure each time taking bigger risks. When he gets wind of the fabled scepter of King Namiss, he sets out on a search that will change everything. Braenyn’s resolve is about to be tested and his world shattered when he gets more than a priceless artifact studded with precious gemstones. Secrets that should have remained buried rise up to haunt the elf forever. Join the continuing adventures of Braenyn the elf thief and a world filled with magic, mystery, and adventure in the tradition of dungeons and dragons and the pulp fiction of old.

Author: Sarah Juliet Lauro
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452955522
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 659

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Zombies first shuffled across movie screens in 1932 in the low-budget Hollywood film White Zombie and were reimagined as undead flesh-eaters in George A. Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead almost four decades later. Today, zombies are omnipresent in global popular culture, from video games and top-rated cable shows in the United States to comic books and other visual art forms to low-budget films from Cuba and the Philippines. The zombie’s ability to embody a variety of cultural anxieties—ecological disaster, social and economic collapse, political extremism—has ensured its continued relevance and legibility, and has precipitated an unprecedented deluge of international scholarship. Zombie studies manifested across academic disciplines in the humanities but also beyond, spreading into sociology, economics, computer science, mathematics, and even epidemiology. Zombie Theory collects the best interdisciplinary zombie scholarship from around the world. Essays portray the zombie not as a singular cultural figure or myth but show how the undead represent larger issues: the belief in an afterlife, fears of contagion and technology, the effect of capitalism and commodification, racial exclusion and oppression, dehumanization. As presented here, zombies are not simple metaphors; rather, they emerge as a critical mode for theoretical work. With its diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches, Zombie Theory thinks through what the walking undead reveal about our relationships to the world and to each other. Contributors: Fred Botting, Kingston U; Samuel Byrnand, U of Canberra; Gerry Canavan, Marquette U; Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, George Washington U; Jean Comaroff, Harvard U; John Comaroff, Harvard U; Edward P. Comentale, Indiana U; Anna Mae Duane, U of Connecticut; Karen Embry, Portland Community College; Barry Keith Grant, Brock U; Edward Green, Roosevelt U; Lars Bang Larsen; Travis Linnemann, Eastern Kentucky U; Elizabeth McAlister, Wesleyan U; Shaka McGlotten, Purchase College-SUNY; David McNally, York U; Tayla Nyong’o, Yale U; Simon Orpana, U of Alberta; Steven Shaviro, Wayne State U; Ola Sigurdson, U of Gothenburg; Jon Stratton, U of South Australia; Eugene Thacker, The New School; Sherryl Vint, U of California Riverside; Priscilla Wald, Duke U; Tyler Wall, Eastern Kentucky U; Jen Webb, U of Canberra; Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan U.

Author: Dominique Venner
Publisher: Arktos
ISBN: 1910524441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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The shock of history: we live it, neither knowing or comprehending it. France, Europe, and the world have entered into a new era of thought, attitudes, and powers. This shock of history makes clear the fact that there is no such thing as an insurmountable destiny. The time will come for Europe to awaken, to respond to the challenges of immigration, toxic ideologies, the perils of globalism, and the confusion that assails her. But under what conditions? That is the question to which this book responds. Conceived in the form of a lively and dynamic interview with a historian who, after taking part in history himself, never ceased to study and reflect upon it. In this text, the first of his major works to appear in English, Dominique Venner recounts the great movements of European history, the origin of its thought, and its tragedies. He proposes new paths and offers powerful examples to ward off decadence, and to understand the history in which we are immersed and in which we lead our lives.

Author: Josh Miller
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 1569758603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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In a Howard Zinn-like parody of American history, zombies help create America but are later victimized and eventually demonized by the "land of the free."

Author: Marina Gržinić
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527501477
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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This book opens a discussion on bodies, gender, and decolonial horizons, subjects that are increasingly becoming a political front in the search for justice. It offers an in-depth look at the positions and current developments in decolonial theory, Black Marxism, trans* studies, and contemporary performance research and practice. The focus is on decolonial theory and trans* bodies, bringing forth a discussion of otherness shaped by race, class, and trans*. What kind of body, movement, and politics can be conceived to attack the neoliberal current with its accelerated digital changes and seemingly dispersed, but in reality hyper-flexible, bureaucratic controls?

Author: Alfredo Ferro
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319078909
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference, FUN 2014, held in July 2014 in Lipari Island, Sicily, Italy. The 29 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They feature a large variety of topics in the field of the use, design and analysis of algorithms and data structures, focusing on results that provide amusing, witty but nonetheless original and scientifically profound contributions to the area. In particular, algorithmic questions rooted in biology, cryptography, game theory, graphs, the internet, robotics and mobility, combinatorics, geometry, stringology, as well as space-conscious, randomized, parallel, distributed algorithms and their visualization are addressed.