Power and marginalization in popular culture : the oppressed in six television and literature media...
Power and marginalization in popular culture : the oppressed in six television and literature media...
Power and marginalization in popular culture : the oppressed in six television and literature media franchises / Lisa A. King.
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
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G 2020/2817
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 164 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Zombies, Vampires and Mutants! Oh My! -- The Walking Dead as Biopolitical Nightmare -- Feminist Post-Structuralism, Jessica Jones and Rape Culture -- Normalizing and Bio-Powers in the World of Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood -- The X-Men and Racialization as Bio-Political Normalizatio...
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
""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...
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Power and marginalization in popular culture : the oppressed in six television and literature media franchises / Lisa A. King.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/2817
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74VKadPO6bxZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadPO6bxZ
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ISBN
9781476668673 paperback
1476668671 paperback
DDC
791.456552
MMS ID
991024317389202626
