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Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world
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ISBN: 0813593166 0813593182 9780813593180 9780813593166 9780813593159 0813593158 9780813593159 9780813593142 081359314X Year: 2018 Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press,

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Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports indulge in thrilling scenarios about potential global pandemics like SARS and Ebola. Why have outbreak narratives infected our public discourse, and how have they affected the way Americans view the world? In Going Viral, Dahlia Schweitzer probes outbreak narratives in film, television, and a variety of other media, putting them in conversation with rhetoric from government authorities and news organizations that have capitalized on public fears about our changing world. She identifies three distinct types of outbreak narrative, each corresponding to a specific contemporary anxiety: globalization, terrorism, and the end of civilization. Schweitzer considers how these fears, stoked by both fictional outbreak narratives and official sources, have influenced the ways Americans relate to their neighbors, perceive foreigners, and regard social institutions. Looking at everything from I Am Legend to The X Files to World War Z, this book examines how outbreak narratives both excite and horrify us, conjuring our nightmares while letting us indulge in fantasies about fighting infected Others. Going Viral thus raises provocative questions about the cost of public paranoia and the power brokers who profit from it. Supplemental Study Materials for "Going Viral": https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/going-viral-dahlia-schweitzer Dahlia Schweitzer- Going Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xF0V7WL9ow


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Theories of international politics and zombies
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ISBN: 0691223521 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press

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"How international relations theory can be applied to a zombie invasionWhat would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other international relations scholars have been too scared to ask. Addressing timely issues with analytical bite, Drezner looks at how well-known theories from international relations might be applied to a war with zombies. Exploring the plots of popular zombie films, songs, and books, Theories of International Politics and Zombies predicts realistic scenarios for the political stage in the face of a zombie threat and considers how valid-or how rotten-such scenarios might be.With worldwide calamity feeling ever closer, this new apocalyptic edition includes updates throughout as well as a new chapter on postcolonial perspectives"-- "A post-COVID update to this student-friendly book of IR theory"--

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International relations --- Zombies. --- Philosophy. --- Alien invasion. --- Analytic philosophy. --- Apotheosis. --- Autocracy. --- Bait and bleed. --- Biosecurity. --- Bioterrorism. --- Botnet. --- Brian Keene. --- Bureaucracy. --- Complex interdependence. --- Conspiracy theory. --- Consumption function. --- Cultural critic. --- Dawn of the Dead (soundtracks). --- Dead Rising (series). --- Decision-making. --- Deficiency (medicine). --- Demonic possession. --- Diary of the Dead. --- Donald Rumsfeld. --- Doomsday Preppers. --- Dystopia. --- Economic impact analysis. --- Extermination (video game). --- Fear the Walking Dead. --- Feminism (international relations). --- Fiction. --- Firearm (tool). --- Foreign Policy. --- Frank Furedi. --- Game show. --- George A. Romero. --- Ghoul. --- Global value chain. --- Horror film. --- Household. --- Infection rate. --- Infestation (Under the Dome). --- Institution. --- Institutional review board. --- International relations. --- International trade. --- Invasion of the Body Snatchers. --- Isolationism. --- Journal of Race Development. --- Juncture. --- Lethal dose. --- Lifestyle (sociology). --- M. Night Shyamalan. --- Marvel Zombies. --- Mathematician. --- Narrative. --- National Rifle Association. --- Natural disaster. --- Neoliberalism. --- Night of the Living Dead. --- Nuclear fallout. --- Nuclear proliferation. --- Nuclear terrorism. --- Objectification. --- Origins (Judge Dredd story). --- Outbreak. --- Philosopher. --- Plague of Cyprian. --- Policy debate. --- Political criticism. --- Political philosophy. --- Political system. --- Post-structuralism. --- Prediction. --- Psychoanalysis. --- Recommendation (European Union). --- Resident Evil. --- Rick Grimes. --- Robert Kirkman. --- Science fiction. --- Semiotics. --- Seth Rogen. --- Shaun of the Dead. --- Smallpox. --- Social constructionism. --- Social science. --- Supermarket. --- Terrorism. --- The Living Dead (TV series). --- The Return of the Living Dead. --- The Zombie Survival Guide. --- Theology. --- Theory of International Politics. --- Toxin. --- United Nations Security Council. --- War. --- World Politics. --- World War I. --- World War Z. --- Z Nation. --- Zombie walk. --- Zombie. --- Zombieland. --- Zombies --- Philosophy

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