
In contrast to the norm, David McNally, a professor in the Political Science department at York University in Toronto, has written an excellent book - Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism - that approaches the topic from a more comprehensive framework.

As with previous groups that rebelled via a parodic inversion against the regulatory demands of official culture - such as hippies in the 1960s, skinheads in the 1980s and the occasional cyborg in the 1990s - today’s zombie and vampire enthusiasts present themselves in opposition to mainstream, bourgeois style, costume and aesthetics.Īcademic research on this type of social phenomena tends to focus on its Global Northern manifestations as opposed to its Southern ones, and emphasizes its cultural significance rather than its economic conditions. One of the many carnivalesque aspects of consumer society is the popular fascination - and fashion - oriented around various types of monsters. Joining Allen Ruff on this summer pledge drive addition of A Public Affair is Jon Melrod.Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music! You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 60 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting-e.g. wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s


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