Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction: "We're All Infected" Dawn Keetley 3
Part I Society's End
The Zombie Apocalypse Is Upon Us! Homeland Insecurity Philip L. Simpson 28
Burying the Living with the Dead: Security, Survival and the Sanction of Violence Steven Pokornowski 41
Walking Tall or Walking Dead? The American Cowboy in the Zombie Apocalypse P. Ivan Young 56
Asserting Law and Order Over the Mindless Angus Nurse 68
Rest in Pieces: Violence in Mourning the (Un)Dead Laura Kremmel 80
Roadside "Vigil" for the Dead: Cannibalism, Fossil Fuels and the American Dream Christine Heckman 95
Mass Shock Therapy for Atlanta's Psych(ot)ic Suburban Legacy Paul Boshears 110
Part II Posthumanity
Apocalyptic Utopia: The Zombie and the (r)Evolution of Subjectivity Chris Boehm 126
Nothing But the Meat: Posthuman Bodies and the Dying Undead Xavier Aldana Reyes 142
Human Choice and Zombie Consciousness Dawn Keetley 156
"Talking Bodies" in a Zombie Apocalypse: From the Discursive to the Shitty Sublime Gary Farnell 173
Zombie Time: Temporality and Living Death Gwyneth Peaty 186
Afterword: Bye-Gone Days: Reflections on Romero, Kirkman and What We Become Dave Beisecker 201
Bibliography 215
List of Episodes 227
About the Contributors 229
Index 233