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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?
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