HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Max Brooks, George A. Romero
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Thesis #1: zombies do not exist, but they are very real in our culture. Wilfred doricent 1988 haiti: died but then came back, uncle was arrested and convicted of having made wilfred into a zombie, slavery associated with zombification. Mathematical/quantitative/proliferating danger epidemiological: useful as metaphors, traditions, symbolism, allegories, etc, very big in the entertainment industry - billion/year. What is a zombie: dirty, groaning, dresses badly, etc, an all purpose form for mediating a wide range of concerns , they are not men they are dead bodies! , 2 strands of the zombie narrative. Coming home : evolving toward or returning to humanity feral flesh eaters: unchanging, operating on pure instinct cultural zombies: created by our society: actively process this content. Thesis #2: max brooks takes this creature and makes it concrete and non-interpretable. doesn"t assign another meaning to the zombie puts the physical zombie and puts it into geo-political society emphasizes human spirit.
