Power and marginalization in popular culture : the oppressed in six television and literature media franchises / Lisa A. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Lisa A., 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences) on television.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Marginality, Social, on television.

Marginality, Social, in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2020.

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 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."-- Provided by publisher.

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 Normalization

Difference as Intersectional in the Harry Potter Universe

Sense8, Nationhood and Global Power Relations

Conclusion: Telling Stories, Transforming Worlds.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-4016-5