- Title
- New mythologies: violence and colonialism in Hollywood blockbusters
- Creator
- Boshoff, Priscilla A
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2023
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/455521
- Identifier
- vital:75436
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17533171.2023.2272500
- Description
- Countries create mythologies about themselves in their self-representations in film. This is nothing new. The United States of Amer-ica has done so with great success for over a hundred years through the Hollywood “machine.” 1 On the one hand, this mythology can serve as a form of propaganda that is accepted uncritically by many as “reali-ty.” On the other, it takes the form of wishful thinking which may in cer-tain ways be even more revealing than realism of the motivations be-hind a nation’s mythologizing. Here, Marvel comics present an apt ex-ample of how the United States’ selfimage takes shape in the public imagination: exceptional powers, huge muscles, dominion over man and nature through science. One of these heroes is even called Cap-tain America. In short, a fantasy of potential total control. We take for granted that this mythologizing concerns the country’s own powers, a form of public self-regard. This much is to be expected.
- Format
- 3 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Safundi
- Relation
- Boshoff, P., 2023. New mythologies: violence and colonialism in Hollywood blockbusters. Safundi, 24(1-2), pp.62-65
- Relation
- Safundi volume 24 number 1-2 62 65 2023 1543-1304
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Taylor and Francis Online Terms and Conditions Statement (https://www.tandfonline.com/terms-and-conditions)
- Hits: 34
- Visitors: 33
- Downloads: 3
Collections
Boshoff, Priscilla A (Dr)
RU School of Journalism and Media Studies
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | SOURCE1 | New mythologies.pdf | 657 KB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |