Epidemie, nowoczesność i apokalipsa zombie. Motyw chorób zakaźnych w kulturze popularnej jako wyraz lęków społecznych

• Authors: Łukasz Afeltowicz , Michał Wróblewski

Title variants

EN

Epidemics, modernity, and the zombie apocalypse. The theme of infectious diseases in popular culture as a way to express social fears

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on a theme of re-emerging infectious diseases (R-EIDs) in film productions and television series. Our aim was to show interaction between the epidemics, public reactions and contents of popular culture. The analysis depicts how popular culture tends to present fears of epidemics, as well as describes two other threads important to R-EIDs-related narrative: fear of possible collapse of modernity and fear of technological progress.

Keywords

PL

epidemie; choroby zakaźne; kultura popularna; nowoczesność; technologia; lęki społeczne

EN

epidemics; infectious diseases; popular culture; modernity; technology; social fears

• Publisher: Narodowe Centrum Kultury
• Journal: Kultura Współczesna. Teoria. Interpretacje. Praktyka
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 89-100

Contributors

author

Łukasz Afeltowicz

author

Michał Wróblewski

Identifiers

DOI

10.26112/kw.2018.101.08

Biblioteka Nauki

1853771