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+* Zombies, Folklore, & Film
+Framing questions:
+1. How do zombie movies refer to the zombie's folkloric origins and depart from them?
+2. How are zombie movies political commentary?
+3. Are zombies a type of hypermodern folklore?
+
+* The Folk Zombie
+** Haiti
+1. Haitian Revolution
+** Zora Neale Hunston
+** Ethnobotany, Wade Davis
+1. Tetrodotoxin
+
+* Zombie Movie Traditions
+A. Zombie Slaves, p. 93
+ - comes straight out of haitian folklore
+ - Loss of free will is the main factor in fear
+B. Zombie Army, p. 97
+ - WW2 roots
+C. Zombie Revenant, p. 98
+ - come back with the purpose to kill one person (maybe their killer)
+D. Zombie Apocalypse, p. 103
+ - pop off after 9/11
+ - post-y2k
+
+* Today's Zombie
+A. Popular Culture Aspects? Folk Aspects?
+B. Key Components of Today's Zombie?