ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ethnocentrism, George A. Romero, Cargo Cult
12 Apr 2017
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Citations: bibliography doesn"t count for word count! Use chicago style author date system ! Part a should be relatively short ! Discussing origins and functions, widespread beliefs in vampirism ! How overtime that tradition was transformed and entered through european folklore ! Zombieism - entirely ctional to us, that inhabit tv shows ! In west african traditions zombies were harmless; it was believed after they die they could turn into zombie! Bokor (priest) would go through site and resurrect body, but it"ll rise without soul (person is unconscious entity) ! Reason they"d take these bodies is to use it as slave labour (sell the body) to use for slave labour to work in plantations; mindless tasks ! Zombies are harmless- don"t bite or cause viruses etc ! American audience- zombies are presented as dangerous; hollywood makes them that way ! They appear in times of stress/uncertainty; huge spike in zombie lms, and spiked since 9/11!
