Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth

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.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction A–Z Entries Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies Africa Angel, Joanna Apocalypse Army of Darkness (Comic) Asian Cinema Astro-Zombies, The Autumn Series Barker, Clive Baron Samedi Bierce, Ambrose Blind Dead Tetralogy Blood Crazy Blood Creek Bokur/Caplata Bombie the Zombie Boneman Boneshaker Book of the Dead Bowery at Midnight Boy Who Couldn't Die, The Bradbury, Ray Brooks, Max Bubba Ho-Tep (Film) "Bubba Ho-Tep" (Short Story) C.H.U.D. Series Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Campbell, Bruce Cannibalism Carnival of Souls Cell Cellar, The Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things Children's Books Clark, Bob Class Colin Comedy Coscarelli, Don "Country of Comers-Back, The" Craven, Wes Crazies, The Creepshow Cronenberg, David Cult Film Davis, Wade Dawn of the Dead Day of the Dead Dead Alive Dead and Buried Dead Island Dead Rising Dead Set Dead Snow Dead Walk, The Dead World Series Dementia Draugar Ed and His Dead Mother Epidemics Evil Dead, The (Films) Evil Dead: The Musical Evil Dead, The (Video Game) Existentialism "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The" Fido Fog, The Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy, The Franco, Jess Free Will Fulci, Lucio Gates of Hell Trilogy Gender Ghosts Ghoul Gil's All Fright Diner "Gilgamesh" Golem Goon, The Gordon, Stuart Grant, Mira Graphic Novels and Comics Greatshell, Walter Grindhouse Haiti Hammer Film Productions Handling the Undead "Herbert West—Reanimator" "History of Gherib and His Brother Agib, The" Homecoming House of the Dead Series How to Be a Zombie Humans vs. Zombies Hurston, Zora Neale I Am Legend (Films) I Am Legend (Novel) I Walked with a Zombie In the Flesh Inferi and the Imperiused Ishtar Italian Cinema Jackson, Peter Jiang Shi Juan of the Dead Keene, Brian King, Stephen LaBruce, Bruce Lansdale, Joe R. Lazarus Left 4 Dead Lifeforce Live and Let Die Lovecraft, H. P. Lugosi, Bela Maberry, Jonathan Magic Island, The "Malthusian's Zombie" Marvel Zombies Mash-Ups, Literary Matheson, Richard Mattei, Bruno Mockumentaries Monster Island Trilogy "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" Mummies Mummy, The My Boyfriend's Back Narcisse, Clairvius Nazi Zombies Necropolis Night of the Comet Night of the Living Dead (1990) Night of the Living Dead Series Paffenroth, Kim Passage of Darkness Permuted Press Pet Sematary (Film) Pet Sematary (Novel) Phantasm Series Plague of the Zombies, The Plan 9 from Outer Space Plants vs. Zombies Poe, Edgar Allan Poetry, Haitian Creole Pontypool Pontypool Changes Everything Pornography Post-Human Zombies Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Quarantine Race Raimi, Sam Raising Stony Mayhall Reanimation Re-Animator Series [REC] Series Reference Books Resident Evil (Video Game) Return of the Living Dead, The Return of the Living Dead Series Road, The (Film) Road, The (Novel) Rom Zom Com Romero, George Romero's Rules Rose, Timo Savini, Tom Science Fiction Seabrook, W. B. Sentience Serpent and the Rainbow, The (Book) Serpent and the Rainbow, The (Film) Shaun of the Dead Solomon Grundy Stake Land Stupidest Angel, The Tales from the Crypt (Comic) Tales from the Crypt (Film) Tales from the Hood Talking Dead, The Television Tell My Horse Tenney, Del Tetrodotoxin Thriller 28 Days Later Series Undead Evil Universal Studios Vampires and Werewolves Video Games Voodoo Voodoo Man Walking Dead, The (Comic) Walking Dead, The (Television Series) Warm Bodies (Film) Warm Bodies (Novel) Weapons Wellington, David Wells, H. G. White Trash Zombie Series White Zombie World War Z (Film) World War Z (Novel) Xombies Trilogy Young Adult Fiction Zombi Series Zombie (Novel) "Zombie" (Song) Zombie Actors Guild, The Zombie Cucumber Zombie Girl: The Movie Zombie Haiku Zombie Night Trilogy "Zombie Prince, The" Zombie Strippers! Zombie Studies Zombie Survival Guide, The Zombie Walk Zombiecore Zombieland Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zombies on Broadway Zone One (Novel) Zuvembie Appendix A: Chronology of Zombie Films, 1920–2014 Appendix B: Zombie Studies: Academic Books and Articles about Zombies Further Reading About the Editors and Contributors Index

About the Author :
June Michele Pulliam teaches courses on horror fiction at Louisiana State University. Anthony J. Fonseca is the director of Alumnae Library at Elms College, Chicopee, MA.

Review :
Given the popularity and paucity of reference materials currently available on this topic, this book is a welcome addition. This encyclopedia possesses wide appeal and is appropriate for general audiences. Researchers interested in monsters, anthropology, politics, and film history are also well-served by its contents. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers. This encyclopedia is appropriate for academic libraries because of its inclusion of relevant scholarly works. It will also serve public libraries well because of the zombie's prevalence in popular culture.