The Walking Med: Zombies and the Medical Image

Book Overview

The zombie craze has infected popular culture with the intensity of a viral outbreak, propagating itself through text, television, film, video games, and many other forms of media. As a metaphor, zombies may represent political notions, such as the return of the repressed violence of colonialism, or the embodiment of a culture obsessed with consumerism. Increasingly, they are understood and depicted as a medicalized phenomenon: creatures transformed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271077123
• ISBN13: 9780271077123
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.2"