International audienceCritics have repeatedly focused on the political subtexts of the living dead films of George A. Romero, revealing, notably, how they reflect specific social concerns. In order to determine what makes the zombie movie and the figure of the zombie so productive of political readings, this article examines, first, the classic zombie movies influenced by voodoo lore, then Romero’s initial living dead trilogy (1968-1985), and finally some of the most successful films released in the 2000s. Resorting to a post-structuralist framework including Althusser’s notions of state apparatuses, Foucault’s distinction between subjection and subjectification, and Butler’s analyses of subversive resignification, the author argues that, w...
The focus on subjectivity in zombies garners increased interest. In Fido, the increased subjectivity...
This thesis provides a critical reflection to three different approaches to interpretation of zombie...
The present paper discusses dystopia in the genre of horror on the basis of George A. Romero’s zombi...
Les critiques ont énormément insisté sur la dimension politique des films de morts vivants de George...
The zombie figure is ubiquitous in contemporary horror film—particularly in the United States—and ha...
This paper unveils the revolutionary potential incarnated in the post-9/11 transformed figure of the...
George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead introduced radical new changes to the figure of t...
(in English) This work deals with the phenomenon of zombie in films by George A. Romero. Its objecti...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54).Four decades after re-inventing the zombie film into ...
Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Verv...
Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Verv...
This dissertation explores a body of films produced after the events of 9/11, and while examining th...
The zombie, as a Western pop culture icon, has taken up residence in International Relations. Used b...
Battlefields have traditionally been considered places where the spirits of the dead linger, and pop...
Horror films act as a barometer for society's tensions and anxieties, and the early years of the twe...
The focus on subjectivity in zombies garners increased interest. In Fido, the increased subjectivity...
This thesis provides a critical reflection to three different approaches to interpretation of zombie...
The present paper discusses dystopia in the genre of horror on the basis of George A. Romero’s zombi...
Les critiques ont énormément insisté sur la dimension politique des films de morts vivants de George...
The zombie figure is ubiquitous in contemporary horror film—particularly in the United States—and ha...
This paper unveils the revolutionary potential incarnated in the post-9/11 transformed figure of the...
George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead introduced radical new changes to the figure of t...
(in English) This work deals with the phenomenon of zombie in films by George A. Romero. Its objecti...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54).Four decades after re-inventing the zombie film into ...
Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Verv...
Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Verv...
This dissertation explores a body of films produced after the events of 9/11, and while examining th...
The zombie, as a Western pop culture icon, has taken up residence in International Relations. Used b...
Battlefields have traditionally been considered places where the spirits of the dead linger, and pop...
Horror films act as a barometer for society's tensions and anxieties, and the early years of the twe...
The focus on subjectivity in zombies garners increased interest. In Fido, the increased subjectivity...
This thesis provides a critical reflection to three different approaches to interpretation of zombie...
The present paper discusses dystopia in the genre of horror on the basis of George A. Romero’s zombi...