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  • The Year's Work at the Zombie Research Center

    by Stephen Watt, Dan Hassler-Forest, Erik Bohman, Stephen Shapiro, Jack Raglin, Atia Sattar, Seth Morton, Andrea Ruthven, Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe, John Gibson, Jonathan P. Eburne, Stephen Schneider, Jeffrey T. Nealon ...
    Series series The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory
    "Playful and (un)deadly serious . . . chew[s] through a near-exhaustive array of films, television, literature, culture, music and even cocktails."— Times Literary SupplementThey have stalked the horizons of our culture, wreaked havoc on moribund concepts of dead and not dead, threatened our sense of identity, and endangered our personal safety. Now zombies have emerged from the lurking shadows of ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Original Dream Team

    Portrait of the Game

    by Lloyd Battista, Tony Anthony, Stephen Jaffe ...
    The original, and some say only, Dream Team, the greatest sports team ever, was the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team that amazed fans around the world and transformed the NBA into a global phenomenon. The team that created this book are filmmakers and, in every instance, they went for the dramatic line of sports history. They highlight the inherent drama of every play, every game, every ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure

    Volume 1: Fundamentals and Manufactured Polymer Fibres

    Edited by J. W. S. Hearle, M Jaffe, T Kikutani, Stephen Eichhorn ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibres is of key importance. This authoritative two-volume collection provides a comprehensive review of the structure of an extensive range of textile fibres.Volume 1 begins with an introductory set of chapters on fibre structure and methods to characterise fibres. The second part of the book covers the structure of ... Read more

    $269.99 USD

  • Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure

    Volume 2: Natural, Regenerated, inorganic and Specialist Fibres

    Edited by J. W. S. Hearle, M Jaffe, T Kikutani, Stephen Eichhorn ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
    Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibres is of key importance. This authoritative two-volume collection provides a comprehensive review of the structure of an extensive range of textile fibres.Volume 2 begins by reviewing natural fibres such as cellulosic, cotton, protein, wool and silk fibres. Part two considers regenerated cellulosic, protein, alginate ... Read more

    $269.99 USD

  • Memories of the Future

    On Countervision

    Edited by Stephen Wilson, Deborah Jaffé ...
    Series Book 6 - Cultural Memories
    What is a memory of the future? Is it a myth, a fiction of a severed arm, a post-human debate or a broken time machine? In an increasingly insecure future-world there is an urgency to consider and debate these questions. Memories of the Future: On Countervision addresses these concerns by speculating on the connections between memory and futurity in fields such as counter-histories, women’s ... Read more

    $77.09 USD

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  • The Walking Dead and Philosophy

    Zombie Apocalypse Now

    Edited by Wayne Yuen ...
    Series Book 68 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Rick, Lori, Shane, Carl, Dale, Andrea, and Michonne--human survivors of a zombie apocalypse--don't know much about philosophy, but philosophical ideas continue to shamble on through their world, and there's no excape from them.The Walking Dead is both a hugely successful comics series and a popular TV show. This epic story of a zombie apocalypse is unique. It focuses on the long-term individual, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • X-Men and Philosophy

    Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse

    Edited by William Irwin, Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski ...
    Series Book 11 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    X-Men is one of the most popular comic book franchises ever, with successful spin-offs that include several feature films, cartoon series, bestselling video games, and merchandise. This is the first look at the deeper issues of the X-Men universe and the choices facing its powerful "mutants," such as identity, human ethics versus mutant morality, and self-sacrifice.J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Oneonta, NY ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Zombies in Western Culture

    A Twenty-First Century Crisis

    by John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, Filip Miscevic ...
    Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that particular aspects of the zombie, common to a variety of media forms, reflect a crisis in modern Western culture.The authors examine the essential features of the zombie, including mindlessness, ugliness ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

    New Life for the Undead

    by Richard Greene, K. Silem Mohammad ...
    Series Book 49 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Since 1968's Night of the Living Dead, zombie culture has steadily limped and clawed its way into the center of popular culture. Today, zombies and vampires have taken over TV shows, comic books, cartoons, video games, and movies. Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy drags the theories of famous philosophers like Socrates and Descartes into the territory of the undead, exploring questions like: Why ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Philosophy of Horror

    Edited by Thomas Fahy ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or leave the movie theater. Whether serious, kitschy, frightening, or ridiculous, horror not only arouses ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Supervillains and Philosophy

    Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward

    Edited by Ben Dyer ...
    Series Book 42 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details - and deeper meanings - lurking behind today’s most popular comic book monsters. Whether it’s their moral justification for world domination or the wavering ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond

    by Robin Wood ...
    This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially updated and revised by the author to include chapters beyond the Reagan era and into the twenty-first century. For the new edition, Robin Wood has written a substantial new preface that explores the interesting double context within which the book can be ... Read more

    $34.19 USD