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Metaphor of the Living Dead: Or, the Effect of the Zombie Apocalypse on Public Policy Discourse
Abstract
By any metric, the zombie genre has exploded in popularity in recent years, reflecting a variety of anxieties in the body politic. Surfing the cultural zeitgeist, a number of actors have adopted the zombie trope to advance their own political message. There are clear advantages in using the living dead as a hook for promoting political and policy ideas. The superficial homogeneity of the zombie canon, however, poses some problems for its use going forward. Constant references to the zombie canon can reinforce an apocalyptic perception about the future of modern society. The solution lies in an embrace of more heterogeneous zombie narratives.
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“Daniel W. Drezner argues that the living dead are a metaphor for a variety of anxieties in an American body politic buffeted by asymmetric threats and economic uncertainty (2014: 825-6).”
From The New Zombie Apocalypse and Social Crisis in South Korean Cinema. (2019) · cites this paper as Drezner 2014: 825-6
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- Authors
- Drezner, D. W.
- Corresponding author
- Drezner, Daniel W.
- ORCID
- Drezner, Daniel W.
- Venue
- Social Research: An International Quarterly
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 825-849
- ISSN
- 0037-783X (ISSN-L)
- 1944-768X
- OpenAlex
- W2115000760
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 23.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social research (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
- Social Sciences › Communication › Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
- Keywords
- zombies, zombie apocalypse, public policy discourse, political metaphor, zombie genre, political messages, zombie narratives
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