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La symbolique du zombie
The symbolism of zombie

Author(s): Nadine Boudou
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2015
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 91-99
  • Page Count: 10