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LIVING WITH THE LIVING DEAD LIVING WITH THE LIVING DEAD Te Wisdom of the Zombie Apocalypse G r e G G a r r e t t 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Greg Garrett 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP data is on fle at the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-19-026045-3 Scripture verses are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy, United States of America Tis shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their fesh shall rot while they are still on their feet; their eyes shall rot in their sockets, and their tongues shall rot in their mouths. On that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of a neighbor, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. — z e c h a r i a h 1 4 : 1 2 – 1 3 ( N R S V ) He has opened the grave, He has unsealed the crypt, He has turned the dead from their black tombs—and set them upon us! — r i c h a r d m at h e s o n , I Am Legend For Terry Nathan, who made this book possible CONTENTS Introduction: Raising the Dead 3 1. Life, Death, and Zombies: Who Are the Living Dead? 35 2. Hungry for Each Other: How Zombie Stories Encourage Community 87 3. Carrying the Fire: Te Ethics of the Zombie Apocalypse 129 4. And In the End: Is the Zombie Apocalypse Good or Bad? 183 Conclusion: Living with the Living Dead 213 Acknowledgments 217 Notes 223 Index 239 Gallery appears afer page 118.
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