Prozac para zombies. La sentimentalización contemporánea del muerto viviente en la televisión

This article analyses one of the most notorious TV trend in the last years –the zombie–, and how its evolution is related to the usual dynamics that features every artistic genre, but also to the “affective turn” that contemporary society is experiencing. In order to analyse this cultural phenomena,...

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Autor: García-Martínez, A.N. (Alberto Nahum)|||/items/943f6505-d635-447d-a86c-2faf57c261f5
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/39775
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/39775
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Television Studies
Zombies
Emotional Culture
Materias Investigacion::Comunicación
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Resumo:This article analyses one of the most notorious TV trend in the last years –the zombie–, and how its evolution is related to the usual dynamics that features every artistic genre, but also to the “affective turn” that contemporary society is experiencing. In order to analyse this cultural phenomena, firstly we will explore the metaphorical condition that traditionally has been associated with zombie narratives since George A. Romero reinvention. Next, we will study –by taking a close look to some examples– the causes for the ongoing humanization the living dead have gone through both in cinema and television. Lastly, we will scrutinize three recent TV Shows dealing with the zombie myth from stylistic, thematic and ideological innovative perspectives: In the Flesh (BBC, 2013-14), Les Revenants (Canal Plus Francia, 2012-15) and iZombie (CW, 2015-).