Prozac para zombies: la sentimentalización contemporánea del muerto viviente en la televisión
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Universidad de Navarra
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- Tosca, Susana (coord.)
- Sánchez Trigos, Rubén (coord.)
- Cuadrado Alvarado, Alfonso (coord.)
ISSN: 2014-7910
Année de publication: 2016
Titre de la publication: The Fantastic in the New Golden Age of Television (1999-2015)
Volumen: 4
Número: 1
Pages: 13-34
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Brumal. Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico / Brumal. Research Journal on the Fantastic
Résumé
This article analyses one of the most notorious TV trend in recent years, the zombie, and how its evolution is related both to the dynamics typical in every artistic genre, and also to the “affective turn” that contemporary society is experiencing. In order to analyse this cultural phenomena, we will first explore the metaphorical condition that traditionally has been associated with zombie narratives since George A. Romero’s reinvention of the figure. Next, by taking a close look at some examples, the causes for the ongoing humanization the living dead have gone through both in cinema and television will be studied. Finally, we will analyze three recent TV shows dealing with the zombie myth from stylistic, thematic, ideological, and emotionally innovative perspectives: In the Flesh (BBC, 2013-14), Les Revenants (Canal Plus Francia, 2012-15) and iZombie (CW, 2015-).
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