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When There's No More Room In Hell

When There's No More Room In Hell

Subissati, Andrea

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 3838387783
ISBN13: 9783838387789
Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Pub
Published: Jul 22 2010
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The recent popularity of horror films featuring zombies is indicative of social tensions surrounding racism, globalization and rampant Western consumption. In the films comprising George A. Romero's Dead series, differences between survivors become blurred when human value is reduced to sheer humanity. Romero's films show that social preoccupations of race, gender and class (among others) remain problematic in the undead, post-apocalyptic context and often take precedence over the need for cooperation and resources for survival. The zombies themselves are sociologically loaded; from their colonial origins in Haiti to their Americanization, combining themes of racism, savagery and othering. As a method of inquiry, cultural materialism seeks to describe the tensions that exist between culture as it is lived and culture as it is depicted. This book outlines the underlying social critique that underscores Romero's entire series. Drawing from cultural materialism and active audience theory, this book shows how Romero's Dead series can inspire reflexivity and assessment of our everyday roles in consumption processes while helping us speculate on the endings of our own narratives.

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