Tag: The Journal of Popular Culture

  • Dawn of the Different: The Mulatto Zombie in Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead The Journal of Popular Culture Volume 45, Issue 3 (June 2012) pages 551–571 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2012.00944.x Justin Ponder WHILE ZOMBIE FILMS DO NOT BLATANTLY FOCUS ON miscegenation or mulattos, interracial themes abound in them. In George A. Romero’s Night of the Living…

  • The Monster Inside: 19th Century Racial Constructs in the 24th Century Mythos of Star Trek The Journal of Popular Culture Volume 31, Issue 1 (Summer 1997) pages 23–35 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1997.3101_23.x Denise Alessandria Hurd That is the ineffaceable curse of Cain. Of the blood that feeds my heart, one drop in eight is black—bright red as…

  • Star-Light, Star-Bright, Star Damn Near White: Mixed-Race Superstars The Journal of Popular Culture Volume 40, Issue 2 (April 2007) pages 217–237 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00376.x Sika Alaine Dagbovie, Professor of English Florida Atlantic University In an episode of the “Chris Rock Show,” comedian Chris Rock searches the streets of Harlem to find out what people think of…