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Call for paperUndead in the West II: They Just Keep Coming (Publication)The frontier has long been framed as a landscape of life and death,  but few scholarly works have ventured into the realm where the two  become one, to explore portrayals of the Undead in the West – the  zombies, vampires, mummies, and others that have lumbered, crept,  shambled, and swooped into the Western from other genres.  This  sub-genre, while largely a post-1990 phenomenon, traces it roots to much  deeper hybrid traditions of Westerns and horror or science fiction, and  yet, also shows ties to the recent Western renaissance.This volume, a companion to our forthcoming Undead in the West:  Vampires, Zombies, Mummies and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier, will  focus on the blending of the Western genre and the undead in media other  than film: comics, graphic novels, gaming, new media, and literature.   Scholarly explorations of material culture and fandom will also be  considered.Some questions to consider:-What happens when traditional frontier figures, settings, symbols,  and ideologies encounter these characters that defy the laws of nature?-How are Western archetypes subverted or accentuated when confronted by the undead?-How do zombies, vampires, and the like, affect our understandings and  interpretations of the West, and vice-versa?   Might these hybrid  Westerns function as the new anti-Western, or do the undead facilitate a  return to tradition?-In what ways do undead Westerns consciously use the undead elements of  the plot to comment on the nature of traditional Western heroes and  villains?-In what ways do these genre mash-ups revitalize the Western for a new generation of audiences and fans?Please send your 500-word abstract to both co-editors, Cindy Miller (cynthia_miller@emerson.edu) and Bow Van Riper (bvanriper@bellsouth.net).Publication timetable:June 15, 2012 – Deadline for AbstractsJuly 15, 2012 – Notification of Acceptance DecisionsDec. 1, 2012 – Chapter Drafts DueMarch 15, 2013 – Chapter Revisions DueApril 15, 2013 – Final Revisions DueMay 1, 2013 – Delivery to PublisherAcceptance will be contingent upon the contributors' ability to meet these deadlines, and to deliver professional-quality work.contact email:cynthia_miller@emerson.edu