Dawn of the Living Dead: Zombies and their post-apocalyptic world provide the opportunity for a sexual reawakening
Like it or not, zombies are becoming an increasingly common feature of global culture. As they infiltrate the literary canon, scholars are reflecting on why these fictional figures, once shunned by authors, are now taking over – quite literally. Jessica Murray suggests in ‘A Zombie Apocalypse: Opening Representational Spaces for Alternative Constructions of Gender and Sexuality’ that the reason behind this literary infestation of zombies is because they ‘offer rich possibilities for exploring alternative constructions of gender and sexuality’. Post-apocalypse, social and ideological