Date of Award
January 2012
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English and Theatre
First Advisor
Lisa B. Day
Department Affiliation
English and Theatre
Abstract
This project plots the coincidence of the "zombie renaissance" and system-justifying nationalist rhetoric post-9/11. The project discusses this cultural cross-section with zombie mash-up fiction, using masculinity and trauma theories, in an attempt to illuminate the motives of "us vs. them" rhetoric and hypermasculine revenge narratives in the post-9/11 decade. First, I use Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim (2009) to examine liminality as subversive counter-discourse to the masculine hegemony post-9/11. Second, I use Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) to look at the effects of revenge culture and how non-emphasized femininity and hegemonic (hyper)masculinity co-construct each other.
Copyright
Copyright 2012 Veronica L Cooper
Recommended Citation
Cooper, Veronica L., "Subversive Liminality and Ideological Warfare: The Zombie Mash-Up as Resistance to Hypermasculine Revenge Narratives Post-9/11" (2012). Online Theses and Dissertations. 63.
https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/63
