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The World Through Fiction discusses how movies, novels, and TV shows shape and are shaped by society, working to develop critical thinking skills through political science based analysis of pop culture. The first season covers portrayals of colonization in popular fiction.Twitter: @raven_siegfriedTumblr: @theworldthroughfiction
Raven hosts The World Through Fiction, a science show with 12 episodes published.
Star Trek is a massive franchise heavily influenced by themes and myths of colonization. This episode gives a brief overview of these themes. Sources: For more on taming of savagery and individualism as frontier values,
This episode explores the fear of rural people and the still existing periphery in America through three of the more well known backwoods horror movies: Jeepers Creepers, Deliverance, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre If y
Apologies for this episode being rushed! The World Through Fiction deviates from its usual format in this episode as I cover current events and compare them to antifascist literature. Sources: Pulver, Dinah Voyles. n.d.
Welcome back, it's been a while! This episode traces the evolution of the road genre out of the western and explores America's psychological relationship with the automobile, building from where we left off in August. Th
This episode examines how colonial themes persist in stories set in the present through a case study in Supernatural (2005-2020). Concepts: Monster theses The strenuous life Home intrusion Fears of miscegenation Othering
Have you ever wondered where the trope of the home intrusion boogeyman comes from? The origin of the cultural fear of kidnapping? This episode gives an introduction into the basis if these tropes in American media. Warni
Pirates are some of the most romanticized villains in pop culture, but what is the true story of their history? This episode attempts to dispel myths and bring to light truths about the origins and functioning of piracy,
The cowboy is a symbol of nationalistic masculine identity in America, but what is the true history of these frontier legends, and how has the western genre misrepresented them? This is part one of a two part discussion
Colonization is an ongoing process that is still happening today. This episode examines how this process unfolds and why those who resist it choose to do so by examining a classic western, a Supernatural episode, and the
This episode examines how national identity in the United States has been created through colonization by looking at the symbology of the film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Concepts: National identity Othering The usable past
This episode delves into why colonization occurs, looking to the structure of the world economy for answers and applying this lens of analysis to the two classic westerns Red River and My Darling Clementine Concepts: Col
The stories we grew up with form a subconscious basis for how we engage with the world. This episode examines two such stories - Pocahontas and Treasure Island - and how they may influence our understanding of the world.
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