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The Zombie Apocalypse Has Already Happened: Queering Subjectivity In Zombie Film, Jessica Dunn
The Zombie Apocalypse Has Already Happened: Queering Subjectivity In Zombie Film, Jessica Dunn
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This dissertation traces the encounter between psychology as a human science and the viral zombie film genre using the collaborative works of Deleuze and Guattari in conjunction with the queer anti-humanist theories of Colebrook and Halberstam. I interwove thematic (i.e. plot, dialogue, character development) and cinematographic (i.e. shot composition, editing, lighting, musical score) analyses of fourteen viral zombie films with theoretical arguments regarding the deterritorialization of the human subject and its relevance to psychology as a human science. The films were selected from the plethora of viral zombie films released after the turn of the 21st century. The selection was …