Zombies in Western culture : a twenty-first century crisis - Vervaeke, John; Mastropietro, Christopher; Miscevic, Filip (Cambridge, United Kingdom : Open Book Publishers, 2017)
1. A new Zeitgeist -- 2. A transition in metaphors: a brief history of monster Zeitgeists -- 3. The four symbols of the zombie metaphor -- 4. A worldview in crisis: the domicide of apocalypse -- 5. The four horsemen of the zombie apocalypse: converging evidence for a crisis in meaning -- 6. An introduction to the genealogy of the meaning crisis -- 7. Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-90) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Zombies -- Psychological aspects; Alienation (Social psychology); Displacement (Psychology); Popular culture -- Psychological aspects; Zombies -- Social aspects; Zombies in popular culture; Zombies in motion pictures; Zombies in literature; Society in literature; Civilization, Modern; Electronic books