Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George A. Romero
18 Oct 2016
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Zombie origins in haiti 18th century of slave labour (plantations) The myth become important to these people forming community (voodoo) People come alive and forced to labour by masters in brutal conditions (way of connecting their lives to stories) Zombies" myth carried to europe through time. Some appearances in 19th century novels (ex: frankenstein) From 1915-1934 haiti was occupied by us. Zombie themes start to enter north american popular culture. Big breakout in us film 1960s and 1970s george romero made the night of the living dead and dawn of the dead . Zombies are symbolic of the social culture (manifestation of north america) 2000s serge in zombie culture - more films, video games, graphic novels, tv with digital distribution. Cultural studies: media as texts, what is the meaning or message of media content, how do media as systems of signs (language, image, sound) represent the world, this is the way into media.
