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Feb 2023
50m 28s

Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini, "In...

Marshall Poe
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Let’s talk about zombies! Scholars Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini have produced an engaging and important analysis of the idea of zombies, and how and why these particular monsters are omnipresent in American popular culture, especially these days. Zombies both represent and present ideas about the world in which we live, and Infected Empires: Decoloniz ... Show More
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