Download This Paper"Why Zombies?" A Note on Zombie Imagery in Contemporary Culture— and Contemporary Economic and Socioeconomic Commentary
8 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2022
Date Written: March 12, 2022
Abstract
This note considers the popularity of zombies in popular culture, examines some of the reasons for its prevalence in film in particular, and then turns its attention to the use of references to zombies to understand contemporary economic phenomena across the political-economic spectrum (zombie capitalism, zombie firms, etc.).
Keywords: Zombies, Popular Culture, Zombies in Popular Culture, Zombies in Film, Film History, Cultural Studies, Political Economy, Neoliberalism, Economic Critique, "Zombie Firms," "Zombie Capitalism"
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Elhefnawy, Nader, "Why Zombies?" A Note on Zombie Imagery in Contemporary Culture— and Contemporary Economic and Socioeconomic Commentary (March 12, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4056086 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4056086
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