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Zombies have gained phenomenal popularity over the last two
decades, but have been a mainstay of horror fiction for decades.
Originating in Haitian folklore inspired by the real-life
experiences of slavery and oppression, the zombie has followed a
long and winding road through the American popular imagination.
George A. Romero is credited with adapting the zombie myth to
modern sensibilities, establishing the core "rules" of zombiedom in
1968's Night of the Living Dead. With the increased popularity of
the zombie, many scholars have begun to consider just why it has
captured the attention of audiences today. In this text, the zombie
can be viewed as a meditation on death, a memento mori that can
help us learn to live with the fact of our own individual
mortality. America has long been described as a death-denying
culture, but the zombie forces us to confront death not only by its
threat but by its very form-the rotting, decaying, shambling
corpse. In looking to the zombie as a sign for guidance, the author
has found Buddhist philosophy to be especially relevant. Dharma of
the Dead is the first book to examine the zombie through the lens
of Buddhist thought and to describe it as a thing not to fear but
to consider, just as we ought not fear death but instead seek to
accept it as a fact of human experience. That so many other
scholars have viewed the zombie in terms of social
critique-sometimes it is seen to embody consumerism run amok, the
effects of racism, or the fear of terrorism-also point to the fact
that the zombie, like recognizing our own mortality, can help us to
learn how to live without selfish fears of death.
Beyond the Threshold introduces readers to afterlife beliefs and
experiences in world religions. The second edition has been revised
and updated throughout, including a new chapter on afterlife
beliefs and practices in selected African traditions, new research
on the afterlife and near-death experiences, the addition of key
words and definitions to each chapter, and more. Christopher M.
Moreman offers an introduction to afterlife beliefs in ancient
cultures, which are essential to understanding the roots of many
modern ideas about death. He examines the folklore and doctrines of
major world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions, and several African
traditions. He also discusses psychic phenomena across traditions,
such as mediums, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and
past-life memories. While ultimately the afterlife remains
unknowable, the second edition of this unique, in-depth exploration
of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own
understanding of the afterlife and how to live.
On the surface, the zombie seems the polar opposite of the
human--they are the living dead; we, in essence, are the dying
alive. But the zombie is also "us." Although decaying, it looks
like us, dresses like us, and sometimes (if rarely) acts like us.
In this volume, essays by scholars from a range of disciplines
examine the zombie as a thematic presence in literature, film,
video games, legal language, and philosophy, exploring topics
including zombies and the environment, litigation, the afterlife,
capitalism, and the erotic. Through this wide-ranging examination
of the zombie phenomenon, the authors seek to discover what the
zombie can teach us about being human.
The figure of the zombie remains a familiar one in world culture,
transcending disciplines as metaphor for ""the other,"" a
participant in narratives of life and death, good and evil, and of
a fate worse than death--the state of being ""undead."" This book
explores numerous aspects of the zombie phenomenon, from its roots
in Haitian folklore, to its evolution on the silver screen, to its
most radical transformation during the 1960s countercultural
revolution. Contributors from a broad range of disciplines here
examine the zombie and its relationship to colonialism,
orientalism, racism, globalism, capitalism and more--including
potential signs that the nearly unstoppable zombie hordes may have
finally met their match: oversaturation.
Beyond the Threshold introduces readers to afterlife beliefs and
experiences in world religions. The second edition has been revised
and updated throughout, including a new chapter on afterlife
beliefs and practices in selected African traditions, new research
on the afterlife and near-death experiences, the addition of key
words and definitions to each chapter, and more. Christopher M.
Moreman offers an introduction to afterlife beliefs in ancient
cultures, which are essential to understanding the roots of many
modern ideas about death. He examines the folklore and doctrines of
major world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions, and several African
traditions. He also discusses psychic phenomena across traditions,
such as mediums, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and
past-life memories. While ultimately the afterlife remains
unknowable, the second edition of this unique, in-depth exploration
of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own
understanding of the afterlife and how to live.
This fascinating work explores the meaning of death in the digital
age, showing readers the new ways digital technology allows humans
to approach, prepare for, and handle their ultimate destiny. With
DeadSocial (TM) one can create messages to be published to social
networks after death. Facebook's "If I Die" enables users to create
a video or text message for posthumous publication. Twitter
_LIVESON accounts will keep tweeting even after the user is gone.
There is no doubt that the digital age has radically changed
options related to death, dying, grieving, and remembering,
allowing people to say goodbye in their own time and their own
unique way. Drawing from a range of academic perspectives, this
book is the only serious study to focus on the ways in which death,
dying, and memorialization appear in and are influenced by digital
technology. The work investigates phenomena, devices, and audiences
as they affect mortality, remembrances, grieving, posthumous
existence, and afterlife experience. It examines the markets to
which the providers of such services are responding, and it
analyzes the degree to which digital media is changing views and
expectations related to death. Ultimately, the contributors seek to
answer an even more important question: how digital existences
affect both real-world perceptions of life's end and the way in
which lives are actually lived. Explains how new technologies and
online accessibility are changing human attitudes to death and
dying-and impacting the ways in which people live Explores the
afterlife experience as it can play out in a variety of digital
media, including Facebook and other social media, World of Warcraft
and video games, YouTube and other video services, and Internet
memorials Analyzes the myriad ways encounters with death and dying
and the capacity for mourning are mediated by new technologies
Places death and dying in the digital age in historical
perspective, showing how beliefs about and approaches to death and
dying have changed constantly over time
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