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."
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Zombies--History--Social aspects. Zombies--Psychological aspects. Zombies in motion pictures. Zombies in literature. Zombies in popular culture. Humanity. Human beings. Caring.