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Zombie Walk, when the corpse points the finger at the consumer

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    Corpus
  • 31 October 2014
  • Marc Atallah
    • Lettres, UNIL
Légende

Centered around the Halloween holiday, zombie walks are multiplying and attracting more and more followers in Europe. But what does this figure of the undead mean, and why does it enthrall crowds?

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