Charles Poff, Ph.D.
CVCC
Department of English

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Unit 1: Resources for the Essay on Monstrosity



Essay 1:

Assignment

Films:

100 Years of Zombie Evolution in Pop Culture
Dawn of the Dead  (Required Viewing)
Day of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead (Black and White)
Night of the Living Dead (Colorized)

Readings:

Attack of the Bourgeois Braineaters: Romero's Dawn of the Dead and the Rhetoric of Race, Class, and Consumer Culture
 Devil In Disguise: Modern Monsters and Their Metaphors
Monster Culture (Seven Theses)
Our Monsters, Our Selves
Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies


Social Context Night of the Living Dead and I Am Legend:

Civil Rights Protests Dogs
Night of the Living Dead Dogs
I Am Legend Dog
Lynching Photo
Night of the Living Dead, Ben's Death
Soldiers in Field in Vietnam
Zombies in Field 


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