The year's work at the Zombie Research Center /edited by Edward P. Comentale and Aaron Jaffe.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (xii, 529 pages) : illustrations
- The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory .
Most of the essays were first presented at a symposium held at the University of Louisville in 2012.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the Zombie Research Center FAQ / Zombie psychology / Zombie demographics / Zombie spaces / Zombie media / Zombie health care / Zombie physiology / Zombie performance / Zombie race / Zombie politics / Zombie postfeminism / Zombie linguistics / Zombie arts and letters / Zombie philosophy / Zombie cocktails / Afterword: zombie archive / Edward P. Comentale and Aaron Jaffe -- Stephen Watt -- Aaron Jaffe -- Dan Hassler-Forest -- Erik Bohman -- Stephen Shapiro -- Jack Raglin -- Atia Sattar -- Edward P. Comentale -- Seth Morton -- Andrea Ruthven -- Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe -- Jonathan P. Eburne -- John Gibson -- Stephen Schneider -- Jeffrey T. Nealon.
They have stalked the horizons of our culture, wreaked havoc on moribund concepts of dead and not dead, threatened our sense of identity, and endangered our personal safety. Now zombies have emerged from the lurking shadows of society's fringes to wander the sacred halls of the academy, feasting on tender minds and hurling rot across our intellectual landscape. It is time to unite in common cause, to shore up defenses, firm up critical and analytical resources, and fortify crumbling lines of inquiry. Responding to this call, Brain Workers from the Zombie Research Center poke and prod the rotti.