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Zombies in America!

Zombies in America!. An examination of the popularity of the Zombie in American Culture. By Amy LaZerte. Consider the Zombie…. Invading Movies!!!. Invading Literature!!!. Invading Comics!!!. Invading Video Games!!!. What has Become of POP Culture?. Why Zombies? Why Now?.

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Zombies in America!

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  1. Zombies in America! An examination of the popularity of the Zombie in American Culture By Amy LaZerte

  2. Consider the Zombie…

  3. Invading Movies!!!

  4. InvadingLiterature!!!

  5. InvadingComics!!!

  6. Invading Video Games!!!

  7. What has Become of POP Culture?

  8. Why Zombies? Why Now? • Zombies are versatile! • Scary • Funny • Social Commentary • Zombies as “the other”! • People of Color • Nazis • Communists • Modern Day Gladiators • It’s okay to kill zombies! • Zombies as US!!! • The ultimate consumer • Unrepressed • Fascination with Death • Community • “When they aren’t eating us they’re bring us together”

  9. The Voodoo Zombie! • The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook in 1929 • H. P. Lovecraft’s Novellas in the 1920s and 1930s • White Zombie (1932) starring Bella Lugosi • I Walked with a Zombie (1943) • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

  10. The Grandfather of the Modern Zombie • George A Romero • Night of the Living Dead (1968) • The ”New” Zombie • Zombies as social commentary • Post- Civil Rights Movement • Vietnam War • American Counter-Culture Movement

  11. The First African American Hero in American Cinema!

  12. When There’s No More Room in Hell… • Dawn of the Dead (1978) George A Romero • Post Vietnam • Rascism • Feminism • “The ME Decade” • Zombies as the ultimate consumer. Dawn of the Dead Movie Trailer

  13. The Moral Dilemma • Day of the Dead (1985) George A Romero • What makes a zombie not a human? • Bub • What makes a human not a human? • The Military

  14. Zombies get a Sense of Humor • Return of the Living Dead (1985) Dan O’Bannon and the subsequent Return of the Living Dead Series • The Evil Dead (1981) Sam Raimi, and The Evil Dead Series • Sean of the Dead (2004) Edgar Wright • Zombieland (2009) Ruben Fleischer

  15. Zombies in Print • The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z by Max Brooks • The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman • Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith • Library of the Living Dead Press

  16. In Conclusion…. Zombies are the dismembered, half gnawed fingers on the pulse of America’s prejudices', anxieties, and desires. “They’re coming to get you, Barbra…”

  17. Bibliography Dawn of the Dead . Dir. George Romero. Perf. Ken Foree, David Emge and Gaylen Ross. 1978. Document of the Dead. Dir. Roy Frumkes. Perf. George A. Romero, Tom Savini and John Amplas. 1985. Greene, Richard (Editor) and K Silem (Editor) Mohammad. The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless. Peru: Open Court, 2006. Harper, Stephen. "Zombies, Malls, and the Consumerism Debate:." 2002. American; The Journal of Popular American Culture. 15 March 2010 <http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/fall_2002/harper.htm#2>. Night of the Living Dead. Dir. George A. Romero. Perf. Duane Jones, et al. 1968. Wikipedia: The Evil Dead. The Evil Dead. 8 March 2010. 8 March 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_Dead>. Wikipedia: The Return of the Living Dead. The Return of the Living Dead. 8 March 2010. 8 March 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Living_Dead>. Wikipedia: Zombies in Popular Culture. Zombies in Popular Culture. 15 Febuary 2010. 1 March 2010 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_in_popular_culture>. Zombiemania. Dir. Donna Davies. Perf. George A, Romero, et al. 2008.

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