The undying ideologies of race and gender: the zombie apocalypse in Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season One. Issue 5 (4th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bennett, Brooke
• Is Part Of: Feminist media studies. Volume 19:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 637
• Page End: 650
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04
• Subjects: Feminist media studies -- video games -- zombies; Feminism -- Periodicals; Women in mass media -- Periodicals; Mass media and women -- Periodicals; Feminist criticism -- Periodicals; Mass media and sex -- Periodicals; 302.23082
• DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2018.1457068
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-0777

Abstract

Abstract: Telltale Games' narrative-based The Walking Dead: Season One portrays Lee Everett, an African American male, fighting through the zombie apocalypse. In addition to providing an intriguing character, the game pushes back against racial stereotypes frequently seen and further establishes a zone of oppositional politics. In addition to race, TWD: Season One's gender ideologies also open up spaces of counterhegemonic politics, specifically through its presentation of abortion. Overall, the seemingly "undying" ideologies of race and gender are reconfigured and questioned in the space of the zombie apocalypse, providing alternative visions of identity politics.