عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
T838
زبان اثر
زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن
انگلیسی
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
American Liberation Mythologies: Democracy and Domination in U.S. Visual Culture
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام ساير پديدآوران
;supervisor: Shorter, David; Roberts, Allen F.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of California, Los Angeles: United States -- California
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
: 2012
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
218 Pages
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
A myth of liberation saturates the cultural landscape of the United States, structuring the collective consciousness, guiding political action, and disguising the nation's patterns of domination. This study grew out of a concern over the United States' engagement in two wars with the stated aims of liberation and the spread of democracy. Anthropological theories of myth assert a reciprocal relationship between political action and creative expression; through myths we reflect upon culture, in culture we enact myths. Popular media is a prominent realm for the creation and performance of contemporary myths. By analyzing performances of popular culture as expressions of the myth of liberation (Bruce Willis' "Tears of the Sun," "American Idol," and Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino"), this dissertation delineates the parameters of the national myth that declares an identity of the U.S. as liberator to the world's oppressed, sanctifies the democratic ideal, and valorizes consumer capital. Analyses also reveal a U.S. identity of dominator in the global community, the betrayal of the democratic ideal through the commoditization of the democratic gesture, and the implementation of segregation and terrorization to support the exploitation of consumerism. Myths are paradoxical, and this study asserts that U.S. culture exhibits a societal tension between liberty and domination. In the form of popular culture, myths attempt to mediate this social paradox. Drawing from the methodologies and theories of cultural anthropology, folklore, sociology, media studies, performance studies, U.S. history and international relations this dissertation offers insights into four issues of vital importance: the role of the U.S. in globalization, the recent national crisis in democracy, the violence of consumerism, and the dialectical relationship between popular culture and political action. This research is grounded in the anthropological understanding that cultural products are both models of, and models for, cultural action. Following such an understanding, it concludes by asserting, through reference to the variations of the myth explored, that the producers and consumers of culture have the ability to reconstruct the myth of liberation and move U.S. culture out of its socio-historic patterns of violence and domination and toward a mythic construction of creative intervention and cross-cultural dialogue.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
American studies
موضوع مستند نشده
Performing Arts
موضوع مستند نشده
Mass communications
موضوع مستند نشده
Film studies
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
Communication and the arts
اصطلاح موضوعی
Democracy
اصطلاح موضوعی
Domination
اصطلاح موضوعی
Visual culture
اصطلاح موضوعی
Culture
اصطلاح موضوعی
Film
اصطلاح موضوعی
Media
اصطلاح موضوعی
Television
اصطلاح موضوعی
United States
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Williams, Kathleen Michelle
نام شخص - ( مسئولیت معنوی درجه دوم )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Shorter, David, supervisor
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Roberts, Allen F., supervisor
دسترسی و محل الکترونیکی
تاريخ و ساعت مذاکره و دسترسي
TL838.pdf
متن ارتباطي
لببیلبیلبیلیب
وضعیت انتشار
فرمت انتشار
e
اطلاعات رکورد کتابشناسی
نوع ماده
TL
کد کاربرگه
254359
اطلاعات دسترسی رکورد
سطح دسترسي
a
تكميل شده
Y
