{"product_id":"were-all-infected-dawn-keetley-9780786476282","title":"We're All Infected: Essays on Amc's the Walking Dead and the Fate of the Human","description":"\u003cp\u003e This edited collection brings together an introduction and 13 original scholarly essays on AMC's \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. The essays in the first section address the pervasive bloodletting of the series: What are the consequences of the series' unremitting violence? Essays explore violence committed in self-defense, racist violence, mass lawlessness, the violence of law enforcement, the violence of mourning, and the violence of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The essays in the second section explore an equally urgent question: What does it mean to be human? Several argue that notions of the human must acknowledge the centrality of the body--the fact that we share a \"blind corporeality\" with the zombie. Others address how the human is closely aligned with language and time, the disappearance of which are represented by the aphasic, timeless zombie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Underlying each essay are the game-changing words of \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e's protagonist Rick Grimes to the other survivors: \"We're all infected.\" The violence of the zombie is also our violence; their blind drives are also ours. The human characters of \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e may try to define themselves \u003ci\u003eagainst\u003c\/i\u003e the zombies but in the end their bodies harbor the zombie virus: they are the walking dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dawn Keetley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786476281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786476282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014 pg. 89","brand":"Dawn Keetley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056526029055,"sku":"9780786476282","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_259e954c-5fbb-463d-a48b-f3e1b1ec705a.jpg?v=1685041796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/were-all-infected-dawn-keetley-9780786476282","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}