Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academics to Zombies

Robert Smith?, Stacey Smith?

University of Ottawa Press, Oct 8, 2011 - Social Science - 376 pages

In the fight against zombies, our most important weapons are our brains. It's time to unleash them. Think you know a thing or two about zombies? Think again. If you’re going to keep your wits – and your brains – about you during a zombie attack, you need expert advice. Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academics to Zombies gathers together an irreverent group of scholars and writers to take a serious look at how zombies threaten almost every aspect of our lives. Spawned from the viral publication "When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection," this multidisciplinary book draws on a variety of fields including biology, history, law, gender studies, archaeology, library science and landscape architecture. Part homage to zombie films and fiction, part cultural study, this collection humorously explores our deep-seated fear of the undead. Engaging and accessible, Braaaiiinnnnssss! will amuse academics and zombie fans alike. Published in English.

Contents

• Fitting the Theory to the Facts: 1
• What Feminism Has to Say about World War Z: 9
• The Zombie Threat to Democracy: 21
• Classification and Causation of Zombification and Guidelines for Risk Reduction and Management: 31
• A Career Made Flesh: 55
• Aim for the Head The Zombie as an Intellectual Monster: 61
• Cultural Narratives of Blood: 71
• Maintaining Academic Library Services during the Zombie Apocalypse: 87
• Zombies on Broadway: 99
• Reclaiming Public Spaces through Performance of the Zombie Walk: 113
• A Preliminary Report on the First Excavation Season: 133
• Strategic Intelligence Analysis of a Zombie Attack: 147
• Evolution of the Modern Zombie: 175
• Dawn of the Shopping Dead: 195
• And the Dead Shall Walk but How?: 209
• Becoming Zombie Grrrls On and Off Screen: 225
• American History Z: 249
• Zombies Disability and Law: 263
• The Zombie Paradigm: 285
• Diary of a Landscape Architect: 311
• Contributors: 325
• INDEX: 333

About the author

Stacey Smith? est professeure titulaire à l’Université d’Ottawa.

Non, le point d’interrogation n’est pas une faute de frappe, mais plutôt la façon dont Stacey Smith? se distingue dans le monde des recherches Google. Bien que le nom soit unique en soi, ce sont les recherches de Stacey qui font d’elle une mathématicienne créative et innovante.

La professeure Smith? est connue pour ses recherches dans un domaine imaginaire : les zombies. « En modélisant les zombies, nous en apprenons davantage sur le processus de traitement d’une biologie inconnue », explique Stacey. Stacey approfondit le sujet dans ses livres Braaaiiinnnsss: From Academics to Zombies, et dans Mathematical Modelling of Zombies, tous deux publiés aux Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Braaaiiinnnsss!: From Academics to Zombies; DesLibris: Books collection; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
• Editors: Robert Smith?, Stacey Smith?
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0776619616, 9780776619613
• Length: 376 pages
• Subjects: Humor / General; Social Science / General