Category Archives: zombie

Titles of Interest – “The Undead on the Battlefield: Horrors of War”

February 28th, 2016 | Posted in Titles of Interest, zombie

The Undead on the Battlefield: Horrors of War, edited by Cynthia J. Miller and Bowdoin Van Riper (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015) Battlefields have traditionally been considered places where the spirits of the dead linger, and popular culture brings those thoughts to life. Supernatural tales of war told in print, on screen, and in other […]

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Call for Papers: Characters of ‘The Walking Dead’

October 19th, 2015 | Posted in call for papers, The Walking Dead, zombie

In 2014 the Characters of The Walking Dead book project began. The co-editors received several submissions, but the project encountered difficulties. A new co-editor has joined the project, and we are now issuing a new call for papers in the hopes of receiving additional submissions to fill in the blanks in character treatment. Of particular […]

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Emory University’s Zombethics

October 7th, 2015 | Posted in ethics, zombie
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Title of Interest – “Zombies and Sexuality: Essays on Desire and the Walking Dead”

June 27th, 2014 | Posted in Titles of Interest, zombie

Zombies and Sexuality: Essays on Desire and the Walking Dead, edited by Shaka McGlotten and Steve Jones (McFarland, 2014) Since the early 2000s, zombies have increasingly swarmed the landscape of popular culture, with ever more diverse representations of the undead being imagined. A growing number of zombie narratives have introduced sexual themes, endowing the living […]

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“In the Flesh” Teases on the Redeemed

May 25th, 2014 | Posted in In the Flesh, television, zombie

Previously I’ve commented on the interesting program airing on the BBC/BBC America, In the Flesh, which represents a thought provoking subgenre of the zombie narrative. One of the areas of interest to TheoFantastique is the incorporation of a religious element. In this case it’s an eschatological aspect, of sorts, wherein a group of Partial Deceased […]

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‘The Walking Dead’ and the haunted world

March 17th, 2014 | Posted in horror, monstrous, nihilism, The Walking Dead, zombie

In this writer’s estimation the second half of Season 4 of The Walking Dead television series has been rather slow. This is, of course, deliberate as the destruction of the prison and the fragmentation of the group allows for the development of back stories and an exploration of how the characters respond to their new […]

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Reflections on the BBC’s “In the Flesh”

December 13th, 2013 | Posted in In the Flesh, television, zombie

Somehow in my Internet surfing a couple of months ago I stumbled across the website for BBC America and their description of the miniseries In the Flesh. This fresh take on zombie mythology fascinated me, but I was saddened that I wouldn’t be able to do anything other than watch sample clips and background information […]

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The Walking Dead: “Internment” episode looks again at Hershel’s faith

November 10th, 2013 | Posted in The Walking Dead, zombie

My chapter in the forthcoming volume Characters of The Walking Dead that I am co-editing with Kim Paffenroth under contract with McFarland, focuses on Hershel Greene. I look at his crisis of faith that arises in season 2 and his eventual recovery of hope. In tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead we saw the first […]

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‘In the Flesh:’ Social Rehabiliation after “Partially Deceased Syndrome”

October 23rd, 2013 | Posted in In the Flesh, television, zombie

I recently became aware of a television three-part series on the BBC that presents a fascinating twist on zombies, called In the Flesh. The program’s website provides a summary of the plotline: In The Flesh is an exciting new three-part drama for BBC Three that tells the story of zombie teenager Kieren Walker (Luke Newberry) and […]

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2nd Symposium at Emory on Zombies and ‘Zombethics’

October 19th, 2013 | Posted in conference, ethics, zombie

I was privileged to be a part of the first Symposium by the Emory Center for Ethics on Zombies and ‘Zombethics,’ where I made a brief presentation via Skype as part of a panel.  I am pleased to see the second symposium for 2014.

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