Comments on: Blah Blah Blog Q&A http://sgbrowne.com/2010/02/blah-blah-blog-qa/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Leanne http://sgbrowne.com/2010/02/blah-blah-blog-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-1153 Leanne Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:31:12 +0000 http://sgbrowne.com/?p=763#comment-1153 I found some sources I could use. I'm focusing on Haitian zombies and then how the zombie changed over time through American films and then the ways in which zombies are politicized in films and books. Thanks for the feedback, though. I really appreciate that you answered my question. :) P.S. This has nothing to do with anything except I'm super excited about it: I'm dressing my friend up as a zombie and bringing him to class as a visual aid! If I don't get an "A" on this I think it will reflect poorly on my college. Haha I found some sources I could use. I’m focusing on Haitian zombies and then how the zombie changed over time through American films and then the ways in which zombies are politicized in films and books. Thanks for the feedback, though. I really appreciate that you answered my question. :)

P.S. This has nothing to do with anything except I’m super excited about it: I’m dressing my friend up as a zombie and bringing him to class as a visual aid! If I don’t get an “A” on this I think it will reflect poorly on my college. Haha

]]> By: admin http://sgbrowne.com/2010/02/blah-blah-blog-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 admin Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:25:34 +0000 http://sgbrowne.com/?p=763#comment-1124 Hi Leanne. Yes, I did some research on zombies, though admittedly more on what happens to the human body after it dies than after it reanimates. And to be honest, most of the research I did on zombies was more along the lines of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and a handful of websites that gave different opinions on what zombies are and what they aren't. Most of it I made up, especially since I was playing with the mythology to suit my needs. As for reference material, I'd recommend finding some sources on the Internet that deal with zombies in popular culture as well as the progression of zombies from their voodoo roots to the Romero zombie to their current incarnation. There's always Wikipedia, but you never know if it's accurate. Which, of course, didn't stop me. One web site I found deals with them from a philosophical standpoint and might be helpful: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zombies. Hope that helps! Hi Leanne. Yes, I did some research on zombies, though admittedly more on what happens to the human body after it dies than after it reanimates. And to be honest, most of the research I did on zombies was more along the lines of The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks and a handful of websites that gave different opinions on what zombies are and what they aren’t. Most of it I made up, especially since I was playing with the mythology to suit my needs.

As for reference material, I’d recommend finding some sources on the Internet that deal with zombies in popular culture as well as the progression of zombies from their voodoo roots to the Romero zombie to their current incarnation. There’s always Wikipedia, but you never know if it’s accurate. Which, of course, didn’t stop me.

One web site I found deals with them from a philosophical standpoint and might be helpful: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zombies.

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Leanne http://sgbrowne.com/2010/02/blah-blah-blog-qa/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Leanne Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:13:26 +0000 http://sgbrowne.com/?p=763#comment-1120 I have a question. When writing breathers did you do any zombie research or was it all sort of off the cuff? I ask because I have decided to give a speech in my communications class about zombies and I need sources...I'm finding it very hard to find nonfiction zombie sources. Novels and movies in and of themselves aren't much use for this kind of thing (although they will be mentioned and I plan on mentioning Breathers in my speech). Please tell me what, if any, reference matterial you know of that would aid me in my speech. Please and thank you, Leanne I have a question. When writing breathers did you do any zombie research or was it all sort of off the cuff? I ask because I have decided to give a speech in my communications class about zombies and I need sources…I’m finding it very hard to find nonfiction zombie sources. Novels and movies in and of themselves aren’t much use for this kind of thing (although they will be mentioned and I plan on mentioning Breathers in my speech). Please tell me what, if any, reference matterial you know of that would aid me in my speech.

Please and thank you,

Leanne

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