Simon Bacon is an independent scholar.

• IntroductionSimon BaconPart I: Undead Identity in the Anthropocene Chapter 1: (Un)Death of the Father: Self-Sacrificing Paternity in Modern Zombie NarrativesKyle William Bishop Chapter 2: Undeath, Theatricality, and the EcoGothic in DC Moore’s Common (2017)Gheorghe WilliamsChapter 3: Maggie in the NecroceneJohan HöglundPart II: Undead Spaces and “Zones” of the AnthropoceneChapter 4: The Uncanny Valley of the Anthropocene: Short Stories About the Undead Under the Brightest of LightsNils BubandtChapter 5: Mutants and Tourists: Horror Film, Sacrifice Zones, and Chernobyl Diaries (2012)Steffen HantkeChapter 6: A Panic on the 4th of July: Municipal Malfeasance, Mutation and Monstrosity in Barry Levinson’s The Bay (2012)Rebecca Stone Gordon Part III: The Anthropocene and the End of “Time”Chapter 7: “Dying All the Time”: The Future as the Extended Present and the Zombification of History in the AnthropoceneElana GomelChapter 8: Avenging the Anthropocene: Returning the Dead to Li

The undead, in their many forms, have never been more popular and never felt more relevant than in a cultural landscape plagued by global pandemic and ecological disaster, making Simon Bacon’s Anthropocene and the Undead a timely analysis. Bringing together a dream-team of cultural commentators discussing representations of the Anthropocene and its demise across film, television, literature and theatre through the prism of the undead, this book offers a richly nuanced consideration of the fractured relationship between humanity and the natural world. The chapters are provocative, insightful and richly interconnected, inviting reflection and action.

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar.

• IntroductionSimon BaconPart I: Undead Identity in the Anthropocene Chapter 1: (Un)Death of the Father: Self-Sacrificing Paternity in Modern Zombie NarrativesKyle William Bishop Chapter 2: Undeath, Theatricality, and the EcoGothic in DC Moore’s Common (2017)Gheorghe WilliamsChapter 3: Maggie in the NecroceneJohan HöglundPart II: Undead Spaces and “Zones” of the AnthropoceneChapter 4: The Uncanny Valley of the Anthropocene: Short Stories About the Undead Under the Brightest of LightsNils BubandtChapter 5: Mutants and Tourists: Horror Film, Sacrifice Zones, and Chernobyl Diaries (2012)Steffen HantkeChapter 6: A Panic on the 4th of July: Municipal Malfeasance, Mutation and Monstrosity in Barry Levinson’s The Bay (2012)Rebecca Stone Gordon Part III: The Anthropocene and the End of “Time”Chapter 7: “Dying All the Time”: The Future as the Extended Present and the Zombification of History in the AnthropoceneElana GomelChapter 8: Avenging the Anthropocene: Returning the Dead to Li

The undead, in their many forms, have never been more popular and never felt more relevant than in a cultural landscape plagued by global pandemic and ecological disaster, making Simon Bacon’s Anthropocene and the Undead a timely analysis. Bringing together a dream-team of cultural commentators discussing representations of the Anthropocene and its demise across film, television, literature and theatre through the prism of the undead, this book offers a richly nuanced consideration of the fractured relationship between humanity and the natural world. The chapters are provocative, insightful and richly interconnected, inviting reflection and action.

Simon Bacon is an independent scholar.

• IntroductionSimon BaconPart I: Undead Identity in the Anthropocene Chapter 1: (Un)Death of the Father: Self-Sacrificing Paternity in Modern Zombie NarrativesKyle William Bishop Chapter 2: Undeath, Theatricality, and the EcoGothic in DC Moore’s Common (2017)Gheorghe WilliamsChapter 3: Maggie in the NecroceneJohan HöglundPart II: Undead Spaces and “Zones” of the AnthropoceneChapter 4: The Uncanny Valley of the Anthropocene: Short Stories About the Undead Under the Brightest of LightsNils BubandtChapter 5: Mutants and Tourists: Horror Film, Sacrifice Zones, and Chernobyl Diaries (2012)Steffen HantkeChapter 6: A Panic on the 4th of July: Municipal Malfeasance, Mutation and Monstrosity in Barry Levinson’s The Bay (2012)Rebecca Stone Gordon Part III: The Anthropocene and the End of “Time”Chapter 7: “Dying All the Time”: The Future as the Extended Present and the Zombification of History in the AnthropoceneElana GomelChapter 8: Avenging the Anthropocene: Returning the Dead to Li

The undead, in their many forms, have never been more popular and never felt more relevant than in a cultural landscape plagued by global pandemic and ecological disaster, making Simon Bacon’s Anthropocene and the Undead a timely analysis. Bringing together a dream-team of cultural commentators discussing representations of the Anthropocene and its demise across film, television, literature and theatre through the prism of the undead, this book offers a richly nuanced consideration of the fractured relationship between humanity and the natural world. The chapters are provocative, insightful and richly interconnected, inviting reflection and action.