This seminar will explore the zombie as a cultural phenomenon. We will look at how the zombie made its way from Haitian into Western culture and how it has been re-invented ever since to embody different cultural anxieties and fears. More specifically, we will look at the zombie as a critique of turbo-capitalism and over-consumption, as a questioning of what it means to be human, and as an embodiment of nonhuman agencies.
Most course material will be provided on Stud.IP but students will be required to watch some films, which I cannot provide. |
