{"product_id":"the-walking-med-9780271077116","title":"The Walking Med","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShows how our understanding of narratives of illness can by transformed by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erecognizing the zombie metaphors within them and how the recent medicalization of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epopular zombie narratives has added new dimensions to what is symbolized by this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efigure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beautifully presented, with numerous illustrations and figures, this collection will make the reader approach the zombie with fresh eyes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Andrew Peter Godfrey \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Grid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This collection takes a most innovative and interdisciplinary approach to the very prevalent cultural phenomenon of the zombie. Instead of retracing conventional methodological pathways, the editors have done a remarkable job in guiding their contributors toward new and challenging perspectives on the subject. For anyone wanting a swerve from their own well-trodden paths researching or teaching the zombie, I wholeheartedly recommend a deep and thorough look into this book for inspiration.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lars Schmeink \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lorenzo Servitje and Sherryl Vint have combined the disparate threads of medical science, the graphic novel, and zombie studies into an unlikely yet highly successful anthology of essays\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e By assembling a cast of some of the most influential scholars working today in these fields, they have produced a valuable interdisciplinary collection of thought-provoking and timely essays.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Kyle Bishop,author of \u003ci\u003eHow Zombies Conquered Popular Culture: The Multifarious Walking Dead in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Walking Med\u003c\/i\u003e represents interdisciplinary scholarship at its best, situating the necropolitical stakes of zombie media in relation to the undead tropes of clinical discourse, addressing the liminal condition of the body—even life itself—under the regime of contemporary biomedicine. Ghastly smart stuff!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Colin Milburn,author of \u003ci\u003eMondo Nano: Fun and Games in the World of Digital Matter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Walking Med\u003c\/i\u003e shows, in no uncertain way, the power of interdisciplinary inquiry at the intersection of medical humanities, visual culture, and monster studies. This highly innovative and original collection illustrates how contemporary zombie narratives and images help us think of crises and opportunities in medicine and health care systems. As a whole, \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Med\u003c\/i\u003e convincingly argues that zombies are powerful and necessary symbols of medicine and its politics.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Marina Levina,coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMonster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tSteve Schlozman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tLorenzo Servitje and Sherryl Vint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tLorenzo Servitje\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiagnosing Zombie Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tDon’t Point that Gun at My Mum: Geriatric Zombies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tGerry Canavan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tViral Virulence, Postmodern Zombies, and the American Healthcare Enterprise in the Antibiotic Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tKari Nixon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\t“The Cure Has Killed Us All”: Dramatizing Medical Ethics through Zombie and Period Fiction Tropes in \u003ci\u003eThe New Deadwardians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tTully Barnet and Ben Kooyman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading the Zombie Metaphor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tThe Walking Med: Zombies, Comics, and Medical Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tMichael Green, Daniel George, and Darryl Wilkinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tZombie Toxins: Abjection and Cancer’s chemicals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tJuliet McMullin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tAdministering the Crisis: Zombies and Public Health in the \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/i\u003e Comic Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tSherryl Vint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisualizing Medical Zombies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tBlurred Lines and Human Objects: The Zombie Art of George Pfau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tSarah Juliet Lauro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\tOpen Up a Few Zombie Brains: Objectivity, Medical Visuality, Brain Imaging in \u003ci\u003eThe Zombie Autopsies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tLorenzo Servitje\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.\tThe Anorexic as Zombie Witness: Illness and Recovery in Katie Green’s \u003ci\u003eLighter Than My Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\tDan Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400796348759,"sku":"9780271077116","price":57.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-walking-med-9780271077116","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}