TY  - GEN
T1  - Infected empires : decolonizing zombies
T2  - Global media and race.
A1  - Saldarriaga, Patricia
A1  - Manini, Emy, 1968-
LA  - English
PP  - New Brunswick
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1293249491
AB  - "Given the current moment--polarized populations, increasing climate fears, and decline of supranational institutions in favor of a rising tide of nationalisms-- it is easy to understand the proliferation of apocalyptic and dystopian elements in popular culture. Infected Empires examines one of the most popular figures in contemporary apocalyptic film: the zombie. This harbinger of apocalypse reveals bloody truths about the human condition, the wounds of history, and methods of contending with them. Infected Empires considers parallels in the zombie genre to historical and current events on different political, theological and philosophical levels, and proposes that the zombie can be read as a figure of decolonization and an allegory of resistance to oppressive structures that racialize, marginalize, disable, and dispose of bodies. Studying films from around the world, including Latin America, Asia, Africa, the US, and Europe, Infected Empires presents a vision of a global zombie that points toward a posthuman and feminist future"--
NO  - Description based upon print version of record.
CN  - PN1995.9.Z63 S35 2022
SN  - 9781978826823
SN  - 1978826826
SN  - 9781978826793
KW  - Zombies in motion pictures.
KW  - Zombies in popular culture.
KW  - Postcolonialism in motion pictures.
KW  - Zombie films : History and criticism.
KW  - Zombies au cinéma.
KW  - Zombies dans la culture populaire.
KW  - Postcolonialisme au cinéma.
KW  - Films de zombies : Histoire et critique.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS / General
KW  - Postcolonialism in motion pictures
KW  - Zombies in motion pictures
KW  - Zombies in popular culture
KW  - polarized, climate fears, supranational institutions, nationalisms, apocalyptic, dystopian, popular culture, apocalyptic film, zombie, walking dead, zombie apocalypse, infected, human condition, decolonization, allegory, resistance, oppression, racialization, marginalization, film, film studies, Latin America, Asia, Africa, the US, Europe, posthuman, feminist futurism, Nation Race, power, capitalism, queering, environment, postcolonial, horror, fantasy, genre, Haitian folklore, reanimated, reanimation, magic, voodoo, undead, corpse, cannibal, zombie comedy.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -