ENGL 4300Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Masculinity
21 Jan 2016
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The contemporary zombie: masculinity and the police state. Watched the clip of rick killing the little girl. Reinforces get him before he gets me mentality. Media creates stories constructing our reality and what we believe. Comparison with dawn of the dead try to diffuse the situation by putting the. Zombies provide a very simple dynamic us vs. them (linneman, 510) zombies all in one place at the beginning of the movie; having a escape plan (helicopter) Presentation two (the walking dead: late liberalism and masculine subjection in. Comparing the walking dead to the western frontier. Race wars and the battle for territory. The zombie as a representation of the inhuman. Importance of surviving the aftermath of the apocalypse, doesn"t matter what happened before the scene in the hospital, also how glenn was a pizza delivery person. The focus of gender (woman) doing the laundry, not being able to defend. Group dealing with conflicts within the group.
