Zombie Geographies and the Undead City

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Screening/Reading Response: Zombie Geographies
Introduction
From the time in memorial, people have tried to put their imagination to reality through different ways. Such has been one of the defining characteristic of creativity which have led to different inventions and innovations as well as creation of films which depict what is in the artists mind. Such is the same which is being depicted through zombie in geographic terms such as bodies- cities theory, in which the zombies’ otherness constitutes towards this link. In respect to the above, zombie films show the range in which cities are embodied through a blank space invention where previous spaces with rigid codification are under the condition of new constructions resulting from the outbreak of zombie. This is a form of creativity where zombie geographies offer a worldview suggestion that real world is made up of space polarization between made of areas of differing wealth and ideologies. This is depicted by the struggle some have in surviving. For example, in the 28 Days Later, the tactics of survival of Selena are severe and explicit while for others are simple.
In my view, this differentiation creates disharmony which may not be visible in the real world. However, through the use of zombie films one is able to recognize this spatial differentiation. The contribution of zombie films is undoubtedly unique since they can highlight the importance of the body in the real world in construction and performing space in the city. This implies that there is a restriction on cities and bodies’ mutuality and lack of acknowledging the function difference plays in the city constitution. This further implies that thro...