We Are the Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman's Zombies and Buddhist Body Image
Robert Kirkman's popular horror comic The Walking Dead offers the basis for a constructive Buddhist reading of the identification of the body with the authentic self By applying both traditional Buddhist readings of charnel ground meditations and theorist Julia Kristeva's understanding of...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2014]
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Implicit religion
Ano: 2014, Volume: 17, Número: 4, Páginas: 433-442 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Theology
B Buddhism B Buddhism in literature B Zombies B Body Image B WALKING Dead, The (Book : Kirkman) B BODY image in literature B Comic Books B HORROR comic books, strips, etc B KIRKMAN, Robert |
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| Resumo: | Robert Kirkman's popular horror comic The Walking Dead offers the basis for a constructive Buddhist reading of the identification of the body with the authentic self By applying both traditional Buddhist readings of charnel ground meditations and theorist Julia Kristeva's understanding of "abjection, " this article argues that the comic can be read in a socially progressive mode, destabilizing the identification of authentic personhood with specific and particular bodies. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1697 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Implicit religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/imre.v17i4.433 |
