Zombie Terrorism in an Age of Global Gothic. Issue 2 (1st November 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Zombie Terrorism in an Age of Global Gothic. Issue 2 (1st November 2015)
- Main Title:
- Zombie Terrorism in an Age of Global Gothic
- Abstract:
- Abstract : With reference to films such as The Terror Experiment (2010) and Osombie (2012), this paper explores the figure of the zombie terrorist, a collectively othered group that is visually identifiable as 'not us' and can be slaughtered with impunity. In cinematic treatments, the zombie terrorist operates within a collectivity of zombies, erasing the possibility of individuality when the transformation from human to zombie takes place. The zombie terrorist signifies otherness in relation to selfhood, and is characterised by a mind/body split. Emerging from the grave in the archetypal zombie primal scene, this reanimated corpse is undead in its animate corporeality coupled with a loss of all mental faculties. The erasure of individual identity and memory along with broader human characteristics such as empathy or willpower coincides with the zombie terrorist' s physical movement and action.
- Is Part Of:
- Gothic studies. Volume 17:Issue 2(2015)
- Journal:
- Gothic studies
- Issue:
- Volume 17:Issue 2(2015)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 17, Issue 2 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0017-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 12
- Page End:
- 25
- Publication Date:
- 2015-11-01
- Subjects:
- zombies -- terrorism -- war -- global Gothic -- otherness
Gothic revival (Literature) -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
Gothic fiction (Literary genre) -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
Goth culture (Subculture) -- Periodicals
809.38729 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/scribe?showinfo=ip022 ↗
https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/gothic ↗
http://www.euppublishing.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.7227/GS.17.2.2 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1362-7937
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