{"product_id":"zombies-in-the-academy-living-death-in-higher-education-9781841507149","title":"Zombies in the Academy: Living Death in Higher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZombies in the Academy\u003c\/em\u003e taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communications 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 a vulnerable tenure system – is creating a crisis in higher education best understood through the language of zombie culture: the undead, contagion and plague, among others.\u003cem\u003e Zombies in the Academy\u003c\/em\u003e 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 labour practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The mindless focus on centres of learning as corporate entities, in which publication for its own sake, tenuous tenure and narrow research is the order of the day, is producing an intellectually dead environment in which bureaucratic zombies are sucking the life out of teaching and learning'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e -- Social Science Space * David Canter *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This volume utilizes the metaphor of the zombie to explore what it means to learn and teach within a system bereft of genuine animation, vitality and free will.'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e * Canadian Association of University Teachers bulletin *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Zombification in the corporate university \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFirst as tragedy, then as corpse – Andrew Whelan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘Being’ post-death at Zombie University – Rowena Harper\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUniversity life, zombie states and reanimation – Rowan Wilken and Christian McCrea\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe living dead and the dead living: contagion and complicity in contemporary universities – Holly Randell-Moon, Sue Saltmarsh and Wendy Sutherland-Smith\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eZombie solidarity – Ann Deslandes and Kristian Adamson\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Journal of Doctor Wallace – David Slattery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2: Moribund content and infectious technologies \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eZombie processes and undead technologies – Christopher Moore\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe botnet: webs of hegemony\/zombies who publish – Martin Paul Eve\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe intranet of the living dead: software and universities – Jonathan Paul Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVirtual learning environments and the zombification of learning and teaching in British universities – Nick Pearce and Elaine Tan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMapping zombies: a guide for digital pre-apocalyptic analysis and post-apocalyptic survival – Mark Graham, Taylor Shelton and Matthew Zook\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInfectious textbooks – Gordon S. Carlson and James J. Sosnoski\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 3: Zombie literacies and pedagogies \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUndead universities, the plagiarism ‘plague’, paranoia and hypercitation – Ruth Walker\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEAP programmes feeding the living dead of academia: critical thinking as a global antibody – Sara Felix\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eZombies in the classroom: education as consumption in two novels by Joyce Carol Oates – Sherry R. Truffin\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eQueer pedagogies in zombie times: parody, neo-liberalism and higher education – Daniel Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eZombies are us: the living dead as a tool for pedagogical reflection – Shaun Kimber\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEscaping the zombie threat by mathematics – Hans Petter Langtangen, Kent-Andre Mardal and Pål Røtnes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eToward a zombie pedagogy: embodied teaching and the student 2.0 – Jesse Stommel\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 4: The post-apocalyptic terrain \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘Sois mort et tais toi’: zombie mobs and student protests – Sarah Juliet Lauro\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLiving-dead man’s shoes? Teaching and researching glossy topics in a harsh social and cultural context – David Beer\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFeverish homeless cannibal – George Pfau\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA report on the global Viral Z outbreak and its impact on higher education – Howard M. Gregory II and Annie Jeffrey\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042928623959,"sku":"9781841507149","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841507149.jpg?v=1750956264","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/zombies-in-the-academy-living-death-in-higher-education-9781841507149","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}