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Viral apocalypse: Discourses of spreading and stopping epidemic through the example of zombie film narrative

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Based on the point of view that popular culture performs metaphorical narration of the contemporary society, this paper analyses the ways in which elements of zombie film narratives are used as a representation of infectious diseases, that is, representation of the social and institutional discourses associated with the occurrence, spreading and stopping of epidemics. The narratives of zombie films feature social anxieties regarding infectious agents through the discourse of epidemiological apocalypse, due to occurrence of an incurable virus, whose development results in the potential ending of the civilization.

Source: Glasnik Etnografskog instituta

DOI: 10.2298/gei2103675m

Author: Marina Mandic

Institution: Etnografski institut Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti

Language: English

Topic: Gothic Literature and Media Analysis

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja

Award: G4401294121