Degeneration of Settler Colonialism in Contemporary Cinematic Depictions of the U.S. West
Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21408196 |
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| Authors | M Elise Marubbio (Augsburg University, corresponding author), Marek Paryż (0000-0003-1108-2892, Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw , ul. Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw , Poland, corresponding author), Matthew Carter (0000-0001-5425-8160, Manchester Metropolitan University), Matt Carter (0000-0003-1653-1271, Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-5 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-2305 • E-ISSN: 2196-4726 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/zaa-2020-0002 |
| OpenAlex | W3014135019 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The settler’s situation is underpinned by the fear of having been caught in a process of endless transition, hence the determination to define the parameters of collective sovereignty and to establish a satisfactory existential basis. The sense of uncertainty that underlies the settler’s situation accounts for the necessity of developing power structures that sustain the settler collective’s striving to complete its design, and this triggers a range of conflicts. Repeatedly addressing the eponymous region’s legacy of settler colonialism, film depictions of the American West re-inscribe oppression of racial minorities, sexual abuse, and class exploitation in order to validate the foundational settler-nation myth that consolidates hegemonic forms of racial, economic, cultural, and political power
Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Contradiction · Epistemology · Existentialism · Hegemony · Mythology · Oppression · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Sovereignty · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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