The Cultural Life of the Living Dead

• In Event: 109 - Student Forum Roundtable Session.
  In Refereed Roundtable: Student Forum Roundtable Session. Table 01.

Abstract

Zombies represent soulless creatures that were formerly human. If the soul is what makes us human, zombie life is a separation from our humanity. There is a risk that we may become like the zombie if we advance towards what many people fear is our future. If society follows the trajectory conceptualized by many and illustrated in zombie fiction, we become human beings who are so disconnected from others due to consumption, technologically based stimuli or governmental regulation; our humanity will cease to exist.

Author

• Denise N. Cook, University of Nevada-Las Vegas