Theorising the Contemporary Zombie: Contextual Pasts, Presents, and Futures - Paperback

by Conor Heffernan (Editor), Scott Eric Hamilton (Editor)

An exploration of what the widespread contemporary interest in stories of zombies can tell us.

Contemporary culture is undergoing a zombie invasion, with the undead present in books, movies, TV shows, and more. Contributors tease out a horde of cultural resonance through a range of international media, including the South Korean horror film Train to Busan, English-language young adult novel The Boy on the Bridge, and the 1980s Italian Gates of Hell trilogy. This book offers a series of thought-provoking examinations of the meanings and metaphors of zombies in three distinct fields: gender and sexuality, the environment, and media.

Author Biography

Scott Hamilton is a research associate at the University College Dublin Humanities Institute and a writing instructor at the University College Dublin Writing Centre. He has published on Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien and Zombiism, and is co-founder of the Zombie Studies Network and the Theorizing Zombiism conference series. Conor Heffernan is a lecturer of sport at the University of Ulster.