Religion and the Representative Anecdote: Replacement and Revenge in AMC's "The Walking Dead"

The current study examines how the horror-based AMC television series The Walking Dead portrays religion in terms of a reframing of the role, if any, of faith in a higher power, and the portrayal of the faithful. The religious-themed discourse of this highly successful story about survivors of a zom...

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Authors: Engstrom, Erika 1964- (Author) ; Valenzano, Joseph M. 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2016]
In: Journal of media and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 123-135
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B The walking dead (Television program) / Religion / Faith
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:The current study examines how the horror-based AMC television series The Walking Dead portrays religion in terms of a reframing of the role, if any, of faith in a higher power, and the portrayal of the faithful. The religious-themed discourse of this highly successful story about survivors of a zombie apocalypse as presented through dialogic and visual imagery serves as the text analyzed here; specifically, related episodes set in churches at two separate points in the series that combine to offer a metaphor of "structure" used to disassemble and reconstruct the role of religion. These episodes interlace religious themes to develop an overarching message that forms a representative anecdote of replacement in which the notion of "faith" becomes redefined.
ISSN:1534-8415
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15348423.2016.1209390