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Movies and television series are excellent tools for teaching
political science and international relations. Understanding how
stories in various film and television genres illustrate political
ideas can better assist students and fans understand and appreciate
the political subtext of these media products. This book will
examine five genres and their variants. The first is gangster
movies, focusing on American and other organized crime, which
reached its zenith in the films of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin
Scorsese. Second are political thriller and action movies and
television series. Superhero films and TV deal more with modern
characters who seek to serve society as they deal with personal
struggles and their individual identities. Fourth are war movies,
which tend to promote positive images of wars when wars are
perceived as successful, but can include antiwar messages when wars
turn badly. Fifth are Western movies, which fell out of favor in
the 1970s and 1980s, but have undergone a renaissance since the
1990s. Westerns can be taken as either political parables, or as
meditations on policing, anarchy, community organization and
informal leadership. These genres all offer escape, but can also
offer political lessons.
The proposed book uses the Star Trek television/movie and Star Wars
movie series to explain key international relations (IR) concepts
and theories. It begins with an overview of the importance of
science fiction in literature and film/television. It then presents
the development of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, and
discusses how their progression through time has illustrated key IR
theories and concepts. As a bonus, it compares the two franchises
to another recent science fiction franchise used to teach IR
(Battlestar Galactica).
This book uses several fantasy movies or movie series and
television series to explain political and international relations
(IR) concepts and theories. It begins with an overview of the
importance of fantasy in literature, film and television, and its
increasing impact on the field of International Relations. It then
presents the political, IR, and social issues in each franchise,
and in five chapters uses these tales' key story arcs or plot
points to illustrate major political and IR themes. The volume pays
particular attention to such fantasy franchises as Lord of the
Rings, Game of Thrones, the Harry Potter films, recent fairytale
and children's stories, and female-led fantasy projects.
The proposed book uses the Star Trek television/movie and Star Wars
movie series to explain key international relations (IR) concepts
and theories. It begins with an overview of the importance of
science fiction in literature and film/television. It then presents
the development of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, and
discusses how their progression through time has illustrated key IR
theories and concepts. As a bonus, it compares the two franchises
to another recent science fiction franchise used to teach IR
(Battlestar Galactica).
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