Alien-Invasion Films: Imperialism, Race and Gender in the American Security State, 1950-2020 – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783031117947,3031117948,9783031117954, 3031117956

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 3031117956
• ISBN-13: 9783031117954
• Author: Mark E. Wildermuth

This book studies American science fiction films depicting invasions of the USA and Earth by extra- terrestrials within the context of imperialism from 1950–2020. It shows how such films imagine America and its allies as objects of colonial control. This trope enables filmmakers to explore the ethics of American interventionism abroad either by defending the status quo or by questioning interventionism. The study shows how these films comment on American domestic hegemonic practices regarding racial or gender hierarchies, as well as hegemonic practices abroad. Beginning with the Cold War consensus in the 1950s, the study shows how hegemony at home and abroad promotes division in the culture.

Table contents:

1. Introduction

2. An Overview of the History of American Imperialism and the American Security State

3. The First Postwar Security State Invasion Films, 1950–1956

4. Invasion Films in the 1960s Post-Camelot Security State

5. Nixon, Post-détente, and Invasion Films in the 1970s

6. Invasion Films and the Reagan Era

7. Invasion Films and the 1990s Interregnum

8. Invasion Narratives After 9/11: The Bush and Obama Regimes

9. Invasion Films After 9/11 in the Trump Regime

10. Conclusions

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Alien-Invasion Films: Imperialism, Race and Gender in the American Security State, 1950-2020