Cultural performances: the zombie invasion, the death of the subject and other disorientation - DOI 10.5216/vis.v11i1.28191
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The article considers how contemporary cultural performances indicial, the worldwide proliferation of fictional theme of the zombie apocalypse, through comic books, board games, movies, games, television serials, posters, rallies. Since then, reflects the theme and looks at this set of products and actions, limited the issue: the current crisis is a crisis of guidance within a world not interpretable, as demonstrates the zombie invasion? To this end, rests on concepts of cultural performances delimiters (GOFFMAN, 2011); social drama (TURNER, 1974); culture (GEERTZ, 1989); and social crisis (JAMESON, 1997; SENNETT, 1998).
Keywords: Cultural performances, zombie invasion, social crisis
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