TY - JOUR AU - Ashton, Emily PY - 2022/06/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Speculative Child Figures at the End of the (White) World JF - Journal of Childhood Studies JA - J Child. Stud. VL - IS - SE - Articles from Research DO - 10.18357/jcs202219896 UR - https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/19896 SP - 92-106 AB - The child-future join is pervasive in childhood studies and popular culture. Instead of disavowing the relation, I consider what might be generated if we “stay with the trouble” of its cocomposition in the making of worlds. To do so, I turn to a zombie child named Melanie from The Girl with All the Gifts to grapple with how the end of the world might not be a cause for mourning, how fiery landscapes can allow for species regeneration, and how viruses might incite counternarratives of community amid contagion. ER -