James Berger, Yale University, USA Robert Booth, University of Connecticut, USA Mary Burke, University of Vermont, USA Andrea Harris, Wright State University, USA Amanda Hobson, Ohio University, USA Sarah L. Jirek, Westmont College, USA Maura Kelly, Portland State University, USA Melissa F. Lavin, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA Brian M. Lowe, State University of New York at Oneonta, USA Kirk Lustila, University of Connecticut, USA Michelle Meagher, University of Alberta, Canada Stacy Missari, Quinnipiac University, USA Brent Strang, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA Tracey Raney, Ryerson University, Canada J. Edward Sumerau, University of Tampa, USA                                                                    

Cover 1
Half-Title 2
Series 3
Title 4
Copyright 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
Acknowledgments 10
Introduction: After the World Ends, Again 12
Part I The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same . . . 25
1 Organisms and Human Bodies as Contagions in the Post-Apocalyptic State 26
2 Masculinity, Race, and the (Re?)Imagined American Frontier 40
3 Gender in the Aftermath: Starbuck and the Future of Woman in Battlestar Galactica 54
4 The Visibility and Invisibility of Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality in The Hunger Games 67
5 Post-Apocalyptic Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexualities in Firefly 79
Part II The Future in Flux 92
6 Queer Resistance in an Imperfect Allegory: The Politics of Sexuality in True Blood 93
7 Woman as Evolution: The Feminist Promise of the Resident Evil Film Series 105
8 Cops and Zombies: Hierarchy and Social Location in The Walking Dead 118
9 “We Don’t Do History”: Constructing Masculinity in a World of Blood 130
10 The Apocalypse Is No-Thing To Wish For: Revisioning Traumatic Masculinities in John Hillcoat’s The Road 142
11 Propagation and Procreation: The Zombie and the Child 154
Afterword (Afterward) 169
Appendix: What Else Is Out There? 172
Notes on Contributors 179
Index 182