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dc.contributor.authorYang, Yaochong
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-27 14:43:53 (GMT)
dc.date.available2013-09-27 14:43:53 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2013-09-27T14:43:53Z
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/7942
dc.description.abstractThis project analyzes two sets of alien invasion films to understand lay opinions on hegemonic authority. It defines hegemonic authority along two major lines: neo-Gramscian hegemony and hegemonic stability theory. The project uses alien invasion films to study challenges to hegemonic authority because of the unique and confrontational narrative alien invasion films typically possess. Through a comparative process, the project concludes that alien invasion films reveal paradoxical relationships of power, where the hegemon encourages aggressive pre-emptive policies against its challengers but at the same time depends upon these challengers to maintain its power. It argues that despite arguments of growing globalism and cosmopolitanism in the world, the liberal hegemon remains clearly divided among notions of Us versus Them.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectPolitical Scienceen
dc.subjectHegemonyen
dc.subjectFilmsen
dc.subjectAlien Invasionsen
dc.titleStuck Watching the Skies: What Alien Invasion Films can tell us about Challenges to Hegemonic Authorityen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programPolitical Scienceen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPolitical Scienceen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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