La symbolique du zombie
The symbolism of zombie
Author(s): Nadine BoudouSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: ESSACHESS
Keywords: popular culture; symbolic communication; risk society; zombie
Summary/Abstract: The objective of this article is to show why the zombie can be presented as a justifiable object of serach for the symbolic communication. The zombie exists as symbol because the word the leading to a qualification became of current usage, what allows a widened communication. The diversity of the interpretations that he makes possible testifies of its ambivalence. That he is defined as a symbol or as a metaphor we shall see that, far from being that a lasted fad, the zombie is rich in different senses.
Journal: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies
- Issue Year: VIII/2015
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 91-99
- Page Count: 10