Mary K Bloodsworth-Lugo
Biographic Data
| ID | 121525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary K Bloodsworth-Lugo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary K |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloodsworth-Lugo |
| SIGNATURE | BLOODSWORTH-LUGO M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6706-2060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Science, Medicine, and Monsters in Today’s American Popular Imaginary
In this article, we maintain that the current distrust in science and medicine displayed by many Americans can be traced through twenty-first century popular culture texts, especially those dealing with monsters. As other scholars have noted, during stressful socio-cultural, historical, and (now) global moments, monsters tend to “(re)emerge” in popular narratives (Kellner, 2011), becoming an embodiment of the unease that these moments elicit (Lev…
Managing life and managing death
Cognition, Stigma, and Inclusivity Roundtable
For this Roundtable, we asked several leading scholars working on issues of social justice and cognition in film and media studies for a brief response to the prompt: “Explain one current theory, approach, or research finding that you think is particularly important in addressing stigma and inclusivity in screen media.” Participants drew from their own current work and insights, and they pointed to new strands of inquiry that they found exciting.…
The medicalisation of threats, immigration as contagion, and White supremacy in an age of terror
The 6 January 2021 events must be analysed within a broader context than the phenomenon of Trumpism. The attempted coup that brought together (former) members of the military, White supremacist organisations, and regular citizens has a rich genealogy. We trace this genealogy to the events of 11 September 2001 and the homeland security state built in their wake, even as its reach extends further into U.S. history. Post-9/11 discourse became a mech…
The Essential Crowd
During the spring of 2020, public messaging in the United States regarding COVID-19 conveyed the idea that pandemics and viral infections strike people from 'all walks of life' and that 'diseases know no borders'. Corporations and media outlets disseminated the message that 'we are all in this together'. While there might be some truth in these messages, they have also been challenged as existing social inequalities have been exposed by the impac…
Social Death in the Times of a Pandemic
Certain populations’ very humanity is represented as something that one becomes or achieves, that one must earn because it cannot just be.–Lisa Marie CachoIn May 2020, the United States was approac
Fears of Contagion and Militarized Responses to Disaster After 9/11
The boundaries of nation states ... are increasingly permeable by all kinds of flaws. Nothing can bring back the hygienic shields of colonial boundaries.The age of globalization is the age of univers
Feminism after 9/11
This book is about social phenomena that directly acknowledge the structures and ideologies emerging after September 11, 2001. It considers how these structures and ideologies manage, control, and con
The Technology of Nonviolence
Containing (Un)American Bodies in Arizona
Bare Biceps and American (In)Security
Bare Biceps and American (In)Security: Post-9/11 Constructions of Safe(ty), Threat, and the First Black First Lady Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo (bio) and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo (bio) [The] stigmatization of African American women becomes thought and practice for each new generation of white Americans. Unfavorable images of black women, like other tainted racial images in the typical white mind, are significant for the survival of the dominant ideology. …
Containing (Un)American Bodies
From September 11
Under US leadership, political structures in the post-9/11 world have developed and deployed rhetorical techniques aimed at identifying, excluding, and prosecuting specific bodies. In this paper, we analyze governmental and cultural rhetoric in the United States during 2006 on the issues of immigration (including immigration policies and proposed reform) and same-sex marriage (including bans to same-sex marriage via constitutional amendments), an…
Animated Representations of Blackness
Look Out New World, Here We Come
In this essay, the authors argue that, as suggested by Giroux, animated films offer children intricate teachings about race and sexuality, guiding children through the complexities of highly racialized and sexualized scenarios. Moreover, the authors explain how animated films for children teach children how to maneuver within the general terrain of 'race' and 'sexuality,' and they highlight quite specific differences. Thus, in their role as agent…
Black as Brown
Citizenship and the Browning of Terror
From now on it can never be the same as before ‘cause the place I'm from doesn't exist anymore. —Immortal Technique Today, at the start of a new century, we are again engaged in a war unlike any ou
"The War on Terror"and Same-sex Marriage
Look Out New World, Here We Come
In this essay, the authors argue that, as suggested by Giroux, animated films offer children intricate teachings about race and sexuality, guiding children through the complexities of highly racialized and sexualized scenarios. Moreover, the authors explain how animated films for children teach children how to maneuver within the general terrain of 'race' and 'sexuality,' and they highlight quite specific differences. Thus, in their role as agent…
Black as Brown
Citizenship and the Browning of Terror
From now on it can never be the same as before ‘cause the place I'm from doesn't exist anymore. —Immortal Technique Today, at the start of a new century, we are again engaged in a war unlike any ou
Bare Biceps and American (In)Security
Bare Biceps and American (In)Security: Post-9/11 Constructions of Safe(ty), Threat, and the First Black First Lady Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo (bio) and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo (bio) [The] stigmatization of African American women becomes thought and practice for each new generation of white Americans. Unfavorable images of black women, like other tainted racial images in the typical white mind, are significant for the survival of the dominant ideology. …
"The War on Terror"and Same-sex Marriage
The medicalisation of threats, immigration as contagion, and White supremacy in an age of terror
The 6 January 2021 events must be analysed within a broader context than the phenomenon of Trumpism. The attempted coup that brought together (former) members of the military, White supremacist organisations, and regular citizens has a rich genealogy. We trace this genealogy to the events of 11 September 2001 and the homeland security state built in their wake, even as its reach extends further into U.S. history. Post-9/11 discourse became a mech…
Fears of Contagion and Militarized Responses to Disaster After 9/11
The boundaries of nation states ... are increasingly permeable by all kinds of flaws. Nothing can bring back the hygienic shields of colonial boundaries.The age of globalization is the age of univers
"The War on Terror"and Same-sex Marriage
Black as Brown
Citizenship and the Browning of Terror
From now on it can never be the same as before ‘cause the place I'm from doesn't exist anymore. —Immortal Technique Today, at the start of a new century, we are again engaged in a war unlike any ou
Look Out New World, Here We Come
In this essay, the authors argue that, as suggested by Giroux, animated films offer children intricate teachings about race and sexuality, guiding children through the complexities of highly racialized and sexualized scenarios. Moreover, the authors explain how animated films for children teach children how to maneuver within the general terrain of 'race' and 'sexuality,' and they highlight quite specific differences. Thus, in their role as agent…
Containing (Un)American Bodies
From September 11
Under US leadership, political structures in the post-9/11 world have developed and deployed rhetorical techniques aimed at identifying, excluding, and prosecuting specific bodies. In this paper, we analyze governmental and cultural rhetoric in the United States during 2006 on the issues of immigration (including immigration policies and proposed reform) and same-sex marriage (including bans to same-sex marriage via constitutional amendments), an…
Animated Representations of Blackness
Bare Biceps and American (In)Security
Bare Biceps and American (In)Security: Post-9/11 Constructions of Safe(ty), Threat, and the First Black First Lady Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo (bio) and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo (bio) [The] stigmatization of African American women becomes thought and practice for each new generation of white Americans. Unfavorable images of black women, like other tainted racial images in the typical white mind, are significant for the survival of the dominant ideology. …
Containing (Un)American Bodies in Arizona
The Technology of Nonviolence
Feminism after 9/11
This book is about social phenomena that directly acknowledge the structures and ideologies emerging after September 11, 2001. It considers how these structures and ideologies manage, control, and con
Fears of Contagion and Militarized Responses to Disaster After 9/11
The boundaries of nation states ... are increasingly permeable by all kinds of flaws. Nothing can bring back the hygienic shields of colonial boundaries.The age of globalization is the age of univers
Social Death in the Times of a Pandemic
Certain populations’ very humanity is represented as something that one becomes or achieves, that one must earn because it cannot just be.–Lisa Marie CachoIn May 2020, the United States was approac
The medicalisation of threats, immigration as contagion, and White supremacy in an age of terror
The 6 January 2021 events must be analysed within a broader context than the phenomenon of Trumpism. The attempted coup that brought together (former) members of the military, White supremacist organisations, and regular citizens has a rich genealogy. We trace this genealogy to the events of 11 September 2001 and the homeland security state built in their wake, even as its reach extends further into U.S. history. Post-9/11 discourse became a mech…
The Essential Crowd
During the spring of 2020, public messaging in the United States regarding COVID-19 conveyed the idea that pandemics and viral infections strike people from 'all walks of life' and that 'diseases know no borders'. Corporations and media outlets disseminated the message that 'we are all in this together'. While there might be some truth in these messages, they have also been challenged as existing social inequalities have been exposed by the impac…
Cognition, Stigma, and Inclusivity Roundtable
For this Roundtable, we asked several leading scholars working on issues of social justice and cognition in film and media studies for a brief response to the prompt: “Explain one current theory, approach, or research finding that you think is particularly important in addressing stigma and inclusivity in screen media.” Participants drew from their own current work and insights, and they pointed to new strands of inquiry that they found exciting.…
Managing life and managing death
Science, Medicine, and Monsters in Today’s American Popular Imaginary
In this article, we maintain that the current distrust in science and medicine displayed by many Americans can be traced through twenty-first century popular culture texts, especially those dealing with monsters. As other scholars have noted, during stressful socio-cultural, historical, and (now) global moments, monsters tend to “(re)emerge” in popular narratives (Kellner, 2011), becoming an embodiment of the unease that these moments elicit (Lev…
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