From 6bf4b90c90f15f4ab60833bddf5b5756d1a6b1f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizabeth Alexander Hunt Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:55:17 -0700 Subject: Init --- Homework/anth2210/26-Sep.org | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Homework/anth2210/26-Sep.org (limited to 'Homework/anth2210/26-Sep.org') diff --git a/Homework/anth2210/26-Sep.org b/Homework/anth2210/26-Sep.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a759f70 --- /dev/null +++ b/Homework/anth2210/26-Sep.org @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +* 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? -- cgit v1.3