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1	Bland gröna gubbar och röda faror : En historisk studie om vanligt förekommande teman i amerikansk science-fictionskräckfilm under McCarthyeran / Among green men and red scares : A historical study about common themes in American science-fiction horror film during the McCarthy era Vang, Jens January 2018 (has links) The following study has its origin and context in the politically polarised McCarthy era of the American history. With the WWII in retrospect, politicians in Western nations quickly acknowledged the potential impact and sphere of influence of popular culture and its ability to form public opinion. During this period attempts were made to censor culture from underlying socialist messages in order to spread and awake support for the government, especially in mainstream Hollywood productions. However, how successful were these attempts and did it actually create a resistance against the censorship’s proclaimers? This study analyses four different Hollywood science fiction films from the 1950’s and argues that the underlying messages were more diverse than previously expected. Some of the productions seemed to endorse the McCarthyist values, whereas others more clearly rejected these sets of values, implicitly claiming they were a highly irrational response to an unstable international situation. Red Scare McCarthyism history ideology film cinema horror science-fiction Red Planet Mars Invasion of the Body Snatchers War of the Worlds The Day the Earth Stood Still History Historia
2	Den gröne mannens börda : Kolonial plikt i H G Wells The War of the Worlds Hultqvist, Kristian January 2021 (has links) In 1898, H G Wells published The War of the Worlds, a scathing indictment of colonialism from the perspective of the colonized. The following year, Rudyard Kipling penned The White Man’s Burden, describing colonial conquest as driven by duty, for the sake of the subjugated. They shared a vantage point from the literary pedestal of fin-de-siècle London, but what they saw was very different. The War of the Worlds can be read as an allegory of colonialism where the tables are turned and the colonial masters are suddenly exposed to a ruthless and technologically superior power. What can be inferred about the Martians’ motives? Can they be perceived as driven by duty, by wishing to take care of or serve their captives’ needs? With the information provided in the The War of the Worlds, could a Martian Kipling write “The Green Man’s Burden” to motivate the invasion of the Earth? Using postcolonial tools of analysis, this essay digs into the britishness of Wells’ colonizers and colonized, as well as into the britishness of Wells’ own perspective. Some postcolonial theorists argue that representatives of the colonial powers cannot represent the subjugated. Does his background and nationality disqualify Wells to describe the effects of colonialism? I argue that it does not. Staying in the social space of the West helped Wells erode the ideology of colonialism by tailoring it to be received and understood by his target audience, his contemporary countrymen. H G Wells The War of the Worlds postcolonialism colonialism science fiction duty deontological ethics Rudyard Kipling The White Man’s Burden Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak the subaltern imperialism invasion literature General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap
3	Echoes of Invasion: Cultural Anxieties and Video Games Keilen, Brian 17 July 2012 (has links) No description available. American Studies Artificial Intelligence Communication Cultural Anthropology Ethnic Studies Mass Communications Mass Media Video games Invasion Invasion literature Hegemony Imperialism Halo War of the Worlds Dracula Battle of Dorking Call of Duty Modern Warfare Reverse colonization Monsters Resistance Fall of Man Invasion narrative Riddle of the Sands Homefront

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