“If I Stop Doing that Job, They Don’t Stop Eating”: iZombie and the Sociopolitical Dimensions of Food

Abstract

This study of the hit TV series iZombie takes on the series' repurposing of the traditional association of zombies with consumption to investigate the sociopolitical and ethical dimensions of food sourcing and production. Significantly, the essay points to the series' investment in class dynamics in the United States as a key factor in its important critical project.

Keywords

• iZombie
• zombies
• horror television
• consumption
• food deserts
• class dynamics
• American class divisions
• ethical eating
• food sourcing
• George A. Romero
• Rob Thomas
• Diane Ruggiero-Wright