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Studying Zombie Films
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Genre Defining Zombie Movies  : ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Genre Cycle (Schatz) ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Genre Cycle (Schatz) ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Genre Cycle (Schatz) ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Genre Cycle (Schatz) ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Repertoire of Elements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
ROE: Generic Elements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Romero Zombie Conventions  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Rules of Zombieland (Some) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What do Zombies ‘represent’ ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What’s scary about Zombies ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What do Zombies represent? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Binary Opposition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Derrida: Undecidability ,[object Object],[object Object]
Derrida: Undecidability ,[object Object]
The Gothic ‘Horror’ Novel ,[object Object],[object Object]
Freudian Psychoanalysis ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Gothic ‘Horror’ Novel ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The ‘Creature Features’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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