Power and Marginalization in Popular Culture: The Oppressed in Six Television and Literature Media Franchises - Paperback

by Lisa a. King (Author)

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.

Author Biography

Lisa A. King is an associate professor of philosophy at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.