Keywords
modernidad
conflicto
sociedad líquida
globalización Zombies
modernity
conflict
liquid society
globalization
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Abstract
The figure of the zombie, from its African origins till today’s narrative incarnation exemplifies how horror and the concept of the other are formed in today’s United States culture. To explain the impressive success of zombie apocalypse narratives at the present time, we shall look at the construction of the other while at the same time, we shall understand the kind of public addressed in the narrative and the way these narratives discuss today’s fears and tensions.
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