• Supernatural's Colonial Themes

  • Aug 28 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
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Supernatural's Colonial Themes

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  • 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
    • Men who know Indians
    • Female captivity narrative

    Sources:

    Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses).” University of Minnesota Press.

    Leow Hui Min Annabeth. "Coloniality and the Chicana Gothic: Traveling Myths in the Pilot." In The Gothic Tradition in Supernatural: Essays on the Television Series, edited by Melissa Edmundson, 91-102.

    Palmer, Lorrie. "The Road to Lordsburg: Rural Masculinity in Supernatural." In TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural, edited by Stacey Abbot and David Lavery, 77-89.

    Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America. 1992.
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