@inbook{2ba0cab503c2431580155605e1a4ccc4,
title = "Staying Up Late Watching The Walking Dead",
abstract = "Zombies flank the Jerusalem walls? Zombies invade a southern plantation in the United States? A television show with characters on the run from zombies? Videogames devoted to zombie chases like Planets vs. Zombies or Minecraft? I am baffled by the zombie revolution and the writing of this chapter solidified my continued bewilderment about the allure of zombie worlds. In the chapter, I unravel fascinations with zombies from three different optics. One is more of a landscape optic that speculates on contemporary fascinations with zombies and apocalyptic texts that have earned increased popularity. The other optic is a portrait view of a tween{\textquoteright}s keen interest in zombies, drawing out aspects of her life as sedimentations of apocalyptic themes. The third and final optic is a brief close-up and personal account of my own struggles with zombies and researching young people about their investments and ruling passions with gothic, apocalyptic, and zombie worlds.",
keywords = "Aesthetic response, Alcoholic anonymous, Figured world, Television show, Zombie world",
author = "Jennifer Rowsell",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-287-934-9_8",
language = "English",
series = "Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education",
publisher = "Springer, New York, NY",
pages = "101--113",
editor = "Carrington, {V } and J Rowsell and E Priyadharshini and R Westrup",
booktitle = "Generation Z: Zombies, Popular Culture, and Educating Youth",
address = "United States",
}