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Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Preface Priscilla Wald
Embodying the Fantasies and Realities of Contagion Megen de Bruin-Molé and Sara Polak
Part One: Epidemic Fantasies in Reality
1. The Krokodil Drug Menace, Cross-Genre Body Horror and the Zombie Apocalypse
2. 'Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic' and the Ebola Scare How the CDC's Use of Zombie Pop Culture Helped Fan a Nationalist Outbreak Narrative
3. The Zika Virus, Ebola Contagion Narratives and US Obsessions with Securitising Neglected Infectious Diseases
4. An Affectionate Epidemic How Disability Goes Viral on Social Media
5. 'Fatties Cause Global Warming' The Strange Entanglement of Obesity and Climate Change
Part Two: Epidemic Realities in Fantasy
6. 'Time is of the Essence, Doctor' Twenty-First-Century (Post-)Apocalyptic Fiction, White Fatherhood and Anti-Intellectual Tendencies in FX's The Strain
7. Killable Hordes, Chronic Others and 'Mindful' Consumers Rehabilitating the Zombie in Twenty-First-Century Popular Culture
8. Networks, Desire and Risk Management in Gay Contagion Fiction
9. 'This Long Disease, My Life' AIDS Activism and Contagious Bodies in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me
10. The Epidemic of History Contagion of the Past in the Era of the Never-Ending Present
Notes
Epilogue
'Contagion Contagion' Viral Metaphors, Lockdown and Suffering Economies in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bibliography
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Preface Priscilla Wald
Embodying the Fantasies and Realities of Contagion Megen de Bruin-Molé and Sara Polak
Part One: Epidemic Fantasies in Reality
1. The Krokodil Drug Menace, Cross-Genre Body Horror and the Zombie Apocalypse
2. 'Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic' and the Ebola Scare How the CDC's Use of Zombie Pop Culture Helped Fan a Nationalist Outbreak Narrative
3. The Zika Virus, Ebola Contagion Narratives and US Obsessions with Securitising Neglected Infectious Diseases
4. An Affectionate Epidemic How Disability Goes Viral on Social Media
5. 'Fatties Cause Global Warming' The Strange Entanglement of Obesity and Climate Change
Part Two: Epidemic Realities in Fantasy
6. 'Time is of the Essence, Doctor' Twenty-First-Century (Post-)Apocalyptic Fiction, White Fatherhood and Anti-Intellectual Tendencies in FX's The Strain
7. Killable Hordes, Chronic Others and 'Mindful' Consumers Rehabilitating the Zombie in Twenty-First-Century Popular Culture
8. Networks, Desire and Risk Management in Gay Contagion Fiction
9. 'This Long Disease, My Life' AIDS Activism and Contagious Bodies in Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me
10. The Epidemic of History Contagion of the Past in the Era of the Never-Ending Present
Notes
Epilogue
'Contagion Contagion' Viral Metaphors, Lockdown and Suffering Economies in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bibliography