Not your average zombie : rehumanizing the undead from voodoo to zombie walks /
Kee, Chera,
Not your average zombie : rehumanizing the undead from voodoo to zombie walks / Chera Kee. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. From the zombi to the zombie : the extra-ordinary undead -- From cannibals to dead men working in the cane fields : Haiti, vodou, and early zombie films -- Racialized and raceless : race-after-death and zombie revolution -- "You can't hurt me. You can't destroy me. You can't control me" : white women in zombie films -- A proud and powerful line : women of color and voodoo -- "Be safe. Have fun. Eat brains." playing the zombie in video games -- I walked with a zombie : performing the living dead -- Conclusion. "I think I'm dead."
9781477313183
Zombies--History--Social aspects.
Zombies--Psychological aspects.
Zombies in motion pictures.
Zombies in literature.
Zombies in popular culture.
Humanity.
Human beings.
Caring.
Electronic Books.
GR581 / .N689 2017
Not your average zombie : rehumanizing the undead from voodoo to zombie walks / Chera Kee. - First edition. - Austin : University of Texas Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction. From the zombi to the zombie : the extra-ordinary undead -- From cannibals to dead men working in the cane fields : Haiti, vodou, and early zombie films -- Racialized and raceless : race-after-death and zombie revolution -- "You can't hurt me. You can't destroy me. You can't control me" : white women in zombie films -- A proud and powerful line : women of color and voodoo -- "Be safe. Have fun. Eat brains." playing the zombie in video games -- I walked with a zombie : performing the living dead -- Conclusion. "I think I'm dead."
9781477313183
Zombies--History--Social aspects.
Zombies--Psychological aspects.
Zombies in motion pictures.
Zombies in literature.
Zombies in popular culture.
Humanity.
Human beings.
Caring.
Electronic Books.
GR581 / .N689 2017