Zombies in the Academy: Living Death in Higher Education - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841507148 ISBN 13: 9781841507149

Publisher: Intellect Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Zombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communication studies, sociology, film studies, and education, to give a critical account of the political, cultural, and pedagogical state of the university through the metaphor of zombiedom. The contributions to this volume argue that the increasing corporatization of the academy—an environment emphasizing publication, narrow research, and the vulnerability of the tenure system— is creating a crisis in higher education best understood through the language of zombie culture—the undead, contagion, and plague, among others. Zombies in the Academy presents essays from a variety of scholars and creative writers who present an engaging and entertaining appeal for serious recognition of the conditions of contemporary humanities teaching, culture, and labor practices.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Whelan teaches sociology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where Ruth Walker teaches academic writing. Chris Moore is a lecturer in media communication at Deakin University, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Intellect Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1841507148
• ISBN 13: 9781841507149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 401
• Editor: Walker Ruth, Moore Christopher, Whelan Andrew