{"product_id":"global-perspectives-on-the-liminality-of-the-supernatural-from-animus-to-zombi-9781666907414","title":"Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking a broad interpretation of “supernatural” to include anything beyond nature, Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural examines the liminality of often-overlooked types of supernatural beings in light of the themes of death and gender. It gives the reader a tour of the continents and takes them out into space, looking at popular culture and mythologies to propose answers to fundamental anthropological questions about humanity, the concept of “dead,” and how we relate to our own genders when using the supernatural to understand them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural: From Animus to Zombi is a fascinating exploration of contemporary science fiction and the supernatural. It is an engrossing insight into how writers and film makers have explored the possible and impossible to make sense of the world and the many ways humans exist within it. It has expanded my horizons, deepened my understanding and lengthened my reading list. A highly recommended read.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kathryn Harkup, PhD, author of Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I. Korea: Zombies and Other Supernatural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. A (Wo)Man’s Touch: Doomsday Book as Critique of Metropolis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz W. Faber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II. China: Demonic Possession and Spiritual Vampires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Gender, Death, and the Supernatural in The Untamed (Chen Qing Ling): A Danmei Genre Pop Cultural Phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Yuan Qin and Kong F. Cheong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III. Russia: Trans Rebirth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. A Real Woman is an Iceberg, and a Real Man is Made: Gender, Failure, and Death in Post-Soviet Cinematic Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLev Nikulin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. Australia: Aboriginal Vampires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. The Yara-ma-yha-who, “Real” Vampires, and Aboriginal Erasure: The Retold Vampires of Australian Horror Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcKenzie Lynn Tozan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V. The Caribbean: Animism and Why the Dead Walk at Night \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. When Opposites Impact: The Remarkable Duality Present in the Taíno Belief System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames M. VanderVeen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VI. Afrofuturism: Astral Projection and Hyperempathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Dying to Live in Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Breonna Taylor’s America: Discourses of Policing, Misogynoir, “Runaways,” and Zombies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie A. Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Death and Disability in Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred and Parable of the Sower\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn E. Heffner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VII. Moving from the Real World to the Matrix: Cyborg and the Supernatural Power of Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Bodies in Pods: Masculine Domination, Sexuality, and Love in The Matrix Franchise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Brutlag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VIII. A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Star Wars, Jedi, and the Force\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Half Man, Half Machine: Transhumanism and the Cyborg Through a Fictional Lens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreya Fenton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IX. The Imperial Radch: The Humanity of Corpse Soliders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. “Blood Stays Inside Your Arteries, Dlique”: Aliens, Cyborgs, Death, and Tea Ceremonies in Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch Trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042002927959,"sku":"9781666907414","price":65.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666907414.jpg?v=1750952573","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-perspectives-on-the-liminality-of-the-supernatural-from-animus-to-zombi-9781666907414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}