Deconstructing the Zombie. Cultural and ideological Approaches

Abstract

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have not experienced a moment of calm. A spectre haunts the world: the spectre of permanent crisis. Indeed, the forthcoming social, economic, and political conditions will favour the zombies, ensuring their continued presence in our cultural agenda. Throughout several literary, cinematographic, serial fiction and video game cultural productions, this character has served as a symbolic representation of the individual at different times in history. Whether by harshly denouncing the alienated or passive attitudes that human beings tend to adopt in certain situations, urging them to rebel against the system, or by portraying the zombie as a victim of human racial, gender, social, or class prejudices, and of their desire to exert power over their own and other species.

This book covers a wide range of topics concerning its universe, offering a complete study divided into six significant areas:

1. Power, Labour, and Economy

2. Ethics, Religion, and Society

3. Flesh, Bodies, and Gender

4. Politics and Ideology

5. Geographical Adaptations

6. Social and Cultural Manifestations