Denardo Danielle
Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA.
Teach Sociol. 2022 Oct;50(4):322-330. doi: 10.1177/15248380221120857.
The COVID-19 pandemic has both exposed and exacerbated many enduring social inequalities in countries throughout the world. Sociology instructors are thus likely to incorporate content related to this relationship between the pandemic and inequalities in their courses. This article explores the potential of horror films, specifically the subgenre of zombie apocalypse, as a teaching tool for critically analyzing social inequalities and the COVID-19 pandemic. To examine the usefulness of this subgenre of film, I describe and evaluate an assignment and class discussion.
新冠疫情暴露并加剧了世界各国长期存在的诸多社会不平等现象。因此,社会学教师很可能会在课程中纳入与疫情和不平等之间这种关系相关的内容。本文探讨了恐怖电影,特别是僵尸启示录这一亚类型电影,作为批判性分析社会不平等和新冠疫情的教学工具的潜力。为了检验这种电影亚类型的实用性,我描述并评估了一项作业和课堂讨论。