Overview
- Relates to post-9/11 culture
- Relevant in wake of ongoing imperialism in the world including invasion of Ukraine
- Picks up on ongoing divisiveness of US culture
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This book studies American science fiction films depicting invasions of the USA and Earth by extra- terrestrials within the context of imperialism from 1950–2020. It shows how such films imagine America and its allies as objects of colonial control. This trope enables filmmakers to explore the ethics of American interventionism abroad either by defending the status quo or by questioning interventionism. The study shows how these films comment on American domestic hegemonic practices regarding racial or gender hierarchies, as well as hegemonic practices abroad. Beginning with the Cold War consensus in the 1950s, the study shows how hegemony at home and abroad promotes division in the culture.
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- Aeon J. Skoble, Professor of Philosophy, Bridgewater State University
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Book Title: Alien-Invasion Films
Book Subtitle: Imperialism, Race and Gender in the American Security State, 1950-2020
Authors: Mark E. Wildermuth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11795-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11794-7Published: 17 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11797-8Published: 18 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11795-4Published: 16 November 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 315
Topics: Genre, American Cinema and TV