Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction Sarah Juliet Lauro Deborah Christie 1
And the Dead Shall Rise Part introduction Kevin Boon 5
1 "They are not men ... they are dead bodies": From Cannibal to Zombie and Back Again Chera Kee 9
2 "We are the mirror of your fears": Haitian Identity and Zombification Franck Degoul (Translated by Elisabeth M. Lore) 24
3 Undead Radio: Zombies and the Living Dead on 1930s and 1940s Radio Drama Richard Hand 39
4 The Zombie as Other: Mortality and the Monstrous in the Post-Nuclear Age Kevin Boon 50
And the Dead Shall Walk Part introduction Deborah Christie 61
5 A Dead New World: Richard Matheson and the Modern Zombie Deborah Christie 67
6 Nuclear Death and Radical Hope in Dawn of the Dead and On the Beach Nick Muntean 81
7 Lucio Fulci and the Decaying Definition of Zombie Narratives Steven Zani Kevin Meaux 98
8 Imitations of Life: Zombies and the Suburban Gothic Bernice Murphy 116
9 All Dark Inside: Dehumanization and Zombification in Postmodern Cinema Sorcha Ní Fhlainn 139
And the Dead Shall Inherit the Earth Part introduction Peter Dendle 159
10 Slacker Bites Back: Sbaun of the Dead Finds New Life for Deadbeats Lynn Pifer 163
11 Zombie Movies and the "Millennial Generation" Peter Dendle 175
12 "Off the page and into your brains!": New Millennium Zombies and the Scourge of Hopeful Apocalypses Margo Collins Elson Bond 187
13 Playing Dead: Zombies Invade Performance Art and Your Neighborhood Sarah Juliet Lauro 205
Afterword: Zombie (R)evolution Sarah Juliet Lauro 231
Notes 237
Selected Bibliography 277
List of Contributors 285
Index 289
