Eating 'Dawn' in the dark: Zombie desire and commodified identity in George A. Romero's 'Dawn of the Dead'

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-108

  Loudermilk, A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriation; Cannibalism; Commodification; Consumerism; Film; Romero

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141829487     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540503003001228     Document Type: Article

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