Power and Marginalization in Popular Culture: The Oppressed in Six Television and Literature Media Franchises
Author:   Lisa A. King
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476668673


Pages:   172
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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In many pop culture texts, ""monsters"" can be read as metaphors for marginalized Others in U.S. culture. This book applies the philosophical lens of Michel Foucault's normalizing and bio-powers to zombies, vampires, magicians, genetic mutants and others, asking whether these stories of apparent liberation really are so. Exploring a single theme in depth across a series of pop culture texts, this book encourages a radical new understanding of liberation narratives and of political activism as a mechanism of social change.

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Author:   Lisa A. King
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.231kg
ISBN:  

9781476668673


ISBN 10:   1476668671
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction: Zombies, Vampires and Mutants, Oh My! 1. The Walking Dead as Biopolitical Nightmare 2. Feminist Post-Structuralism, Jessica Jones and Rape Culture 3. Normalizing and Bio-Powers in the World of Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood 4. The X-Men and Racialization as Bio-Political Normalization 5. Difference as Intersectional in the Harry Potter Universe 6. Sense8, Nationhood and Global Power Relations Conclusion: Telling Stories, Transforming Worlds Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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Lisa A. King is an associate professor of philosophy at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.

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