Pop Culture: #zombies4socialjuztiz

A few thoughts

  Some classes in anthropology as an undergraduate have left me with the cultural anthropology addiction. And the phenomena of zombie fanatics, "zombie as metaphor" if you will has nagged at my mind for some time. The most intriguing thing was the wonderful opportunity of having a monster who is ALREADY DEAD!!!!

  

  This morning it finally came to me. When I was a child we had the cartoon like portrayals of hordes of natives (pick your continent, any continent) vs. the white people. Or more finely crafted series where Nazis etc, (pick your favorite worst example of a racial, or ethnic group) were the monster. But now we have zombies. They want my brains!  And we get to kill them! But they could be me! Cool! Because they are already dead! So hey, no guilt!

  Am I crazy? Or is this a sign that we want a monster so preposterous because.. we are maybe, slightly, less,    (racist). Ok I said it. So that is one possibility. But it is probably just like the blob, or irradiated giant ants. It's just fun, scary and silly. 

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