Pandemics and 'Zombies': How to Think Tropical Imaginaries with Cinematic Cosmologies
The tropics in occidental imaginaries are typically coded as either edenic paradise or as hell. It is in the latter mode that they come to be linked with zombies, diseases, and questions relating to the autonomy of the human body. In this article I first summarise historical connections between col...
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Language: | English |
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James Cook University
2021-04-01
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Series: | eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
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Online Access: | https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3768 |