Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781440803888)

A fascinating read for anyone from general readers to hardcore fans and scholars, this encyclopedia covers virtually every aspect of the zombie as cultural phenomenon, including film, literature, folklore, music, video games, and events.

The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the new vampires" in popular culture. The editors and contributors of Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth took on the prodigious task of covering all aspects of the phenomenon, from the less-known historical and cultural origins of the zombie myth to the significant works of film and literature as well as video games in the modern day that feature the insatiable, relentless zombie character.

The encyclopedia examines a wide range of significant topics pertaining to zombies, such as zombies in the pulp magazines; the creation of the figure of the zuvembie to subvert decades of censorship by the Comics Code of Authority; Humans vs. Zombies, a popular zombie-themed game played on college campuses across the country; and annual Halloween zombie walks. Organized alphabetically to facilitate use of the encyclopedia as a research tool, it also includes entries on important scholarly works in the expanding field of zombie studies.

Author: June Michele Pulliam
ISBN-10: 1440803889
ISBN-13: 9781440803888
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2014
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2015 pg. 781
School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 56