In lecture this week the theme for the readings are based around Popular Culture. The first reading titles “Our Zombies, Ourselves” by James Parker he explains the role of fictional monsters in the popular imagination. Parker’s essay is an extension of Toro and Hogan’s fascination with vampire myths just in reference to zombies. He picks various films and books that depict the elements of a zombie threw the writers eyes. He also chooses to cite a Canadian punk band which shows another variation of a zombie. What really interested me about the article is the use of his examples to show the evolution of zombies up until modern day. “The most surprising thing about the modern zombie – indeed, the only surprising thing about the modern zombie –
