The zombie craze has infected popular culture with the intensity of
a viral outbreak, propagating itself through text, television,
film, video games, and many other forms of media. As a metaphor,
zombies may represent political notions, such as the return of the
repressed violence of colonialism, or the embodiment of a culture
obsessed with consumerism. Increasingly, they are understood and
depicted as a medicalized phenomenon: creatures transformed by
disease into a threatening vector of contagion. The Walking Med
brings together scholars from across the disciplines of cultural
studies, medical education, medical anthropology, and art history
to explore what new meanings the zombie might convey in this
context. These scholars consider a range of forms—from comics
disseminated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to
graphic novels and television shows such as The Walking Dead—to
show how interrogations of the zombie metaphor can reveal new
perspectives within the medical humanities. An unprecedented forum
for dialogue between cultural studies of zombies and graphic
medicine, The Walking Med is an invaluable contribution to both
areas of study, as well as a potent commentary on one of popular
culture’s most invasive and haunting figures. In addition to the
editors, the contributors are Tully Barnett, Gerry Canavan, Daniel
George, Michael Green, Ben Kooyman, Sarah Juliet Lauro, Juliet
McMullin, Kari Nixon, Steven Schlozman, Dan Smith, and Darryl
Wilkinson.
General
| Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Graphic Medicine |
| Release date: |
November 2016 |
| First published: |
2016 |
| Editors: |
Lorenzo Servitje
• Sherryl Vint
|
| Foreword by: |
Steven C Schlozman
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-07712-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-271-07712-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780271077123 |
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