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1 online resource (1 volume) |
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Horror Studies
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Horror studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface Priscilla Wald -- Embodying the Fantasies and Realities of Contagion Megen de Bruin-Molé and Sara Polak -- Part One: Epidemic Fantasies in Reality -- 1. The Krokodil Drug Menace, Cross-Genre Body Horror and the Zombie Apocalypse -- 2. 'Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic' and the Ebola Scare How the CDC's Use of Zombie Pop Culture Helped Fan a Nationalist Outbreak Narrative -- 3. The Zika Virus, Ebola Contagion Narratives and US Obsessions with Securitising Neglected Infectious Diseases |
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4. An Affectionate Epidemic How Disability Goes Viral on Social Media -- 5. 'Fatties Cause Global Warming' The Strange Entanglement of Obesity and Climate Change -- Part Two: Epidemic Realities in Fantasy -- 6. 'Time is of the Essence, Doctor' Twenty-First-Century (Post- )Apocalyptic Fiction, White Fatherhood and Anti-Intellectual Tendencies in FX's The Strain -- 7. Killable Hordes, Chronic Others and 'Mindful' Consumers Rehabilitating the Zombie in Twenty-First-Century Popular Culture -- 8. Networks, Desire and Risk Management in Gay Contagion Fiction |
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9. 'This Long Disease, My Life' AIDS Activism and Contagious Bodies in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me -- 10. The Epidemic of History Contagion of the Past in the Era of the Never-Ending Present -- Notes -- Epilogue -- 'Contagion Contagion' Viral Metaphors, Lockdown and Suffering Economies in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
Contemporary contagion narratives can tell us a lot about how a society will respond in a crisis. Embodying Contagion helps us understand these narratives, exploring how we can make more ethical decisions in today's networked world. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases in literature.
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Communicable diseases in popular culture.
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Epidemics in literature.
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Diseases and literature.
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Epidemics in popular culture.
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Film theory & criticism. |
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Television. |
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers. |
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Horror & ghost stories. |
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Infectious & contagious diseases. |
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Communicable diseases in literature. |
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Communicable diseases in popular culture. |
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Diseases and literature. |
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Epidemics in literature. |
| Indexed Term |
Horror;Film;Television;Literary Criticism;Contagion |
| Added Author |
Becker, Sandra (Lecturer in cultural studies), editor.
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Bruin-Molé, Megen de, editor.
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Polak, Sara, 1981- editor.
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| In: |
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Becker, Sandra. Embodying Contagion. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, ©2021 |
| ISBN |
9781786836922 (electronic book) |
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1786836920 (electronic book) |
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9781786836915 (PDF ebook) |
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1786836912 |
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9781786836939 (Mobipocket ebook) |
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1786836939 |
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9781786836908 (pbk.) |
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1786836904 |
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9781786836908 |
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