About the book:
Resident Evil is a multidimensional as well as multimedia universe: Various books, graphic novels, games and movies (the fifth one came out in 2012) all contribute to this enormous universe. The new essays written for this volume focus on this particular zombie manifestation and its significance in popular culture. The essayists come from very different fields, so it was possible to cover a wide range and discuss numerous issues regarding this universe. Among them are game theory, the idea of silence as well as memory, the connection to iconic stories such as Alice in Wonderland, posthumanism and much more. A lot of ground is covered that will facilitate further discussions not only among Resident Evil interested persons but also among other zombie universes and zombies in general. Most of these essays focus on the female figure Alice, a character revered by many as a feminist warrior.
Contents:
Introduction: Unraveling the Resident Evil Universe
Nadine Farghaly
From Necromancy to the Necrotrophic: Resident Evil's Influence on the Zombie Origin Shift from Supernatural to Science
Tanya Carinae Pell Jones
Survival and System in Resident Evil (2002): Remembering, Repeating and Working-Through
David Müller
Why They Keep Coming Back: The Allure of Incongruity
Adam M. Crowley
Opening Doors: Art-Horror and Agency
Stephen Cadwell
Survival Horror, Metaculture and the Fluidity of Video Game Genres
Broc Holmquest
The Strong, Silent Type: Alice's Use of Rhetorical Silence as Feminist Strategy
Suzan E. Aiken
'My name is Alice and I remember everything!': Surviving Sexual Abuse in the Resident Evil Films
James Stone
The Woman in the Red Dress: Sexuality, Femmes Fatales, the Gaze and Ada Wong
Jenny Platz
Chris Redfield and the Curious Case of Wesker's Sunglasses
Nicolas J. Lalone
Through the Looking-Glass: Interrogating the 'Alice-ness' of Alice
Hannah Priest
Thank You for Making Me Human Again: Alice and the Teaching of Scientific Ethics
Kristine Larsen
Zombies, Cyborgs and Wheelchairs: The Question of Normalcy Within Diseased and Disabled Bodies
J.L. Schatz
'I barely feel human anymore': Project Alice and the Posthuman in the Films
Margo Collins
'Six impossible things before breakfast': Living Memory and Undead History
Simon Bacon
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