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"Posts" in the zombie apocalypse: post-feminism and postracial discourses in The Walking Dead and Z Nation.
- Source :
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Feminist Media Studies . May2020, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p311-324. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- AMC's The Walking Dead and Syfy's Z Nation present post-apocalyptic zombie worlds reflective of both gender and racial politics. In this paper, I argue via a feminist textual analysis that Z Nation serves as a critique of TWD as it tends to intertextually parody TWD's conservative politics which are deeply entrenched in post-feminist and postracial ideologies. I analyze the multicultural casts, the images of the "strong black woman," and the featured white male leaders with police/military backgrounds in each of the series. In short, Z Nation's incorporation of these elements becomes a playful irony that works to critically deconstruct the racial and gendered politics within TWD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ZOMBIES on television
*POSTFEMINISM
*CONTENT analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14680777
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Feminist Media Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143252167
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2019.1595695