Luke Cage as Postpost-9/11 TV: Spatial Negotiations of Race in Contemporary U.S. Television

Reading Luke Cage “as a ‘postpost-9/11’ text with a focus on the body of the bulletproof Black male superhero, Luke, as well as the show’s setting, this paper examines the serial’s potential to negotiate social and cultural implications of American politics in response to the attacks on September 11...

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Main Author: Lea Espinoza Garrido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2018-05-01
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Online Access:https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/292
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spelling doaj-art-b3f5da1ce76d4c0680b85f0a4fd5dbdb2024-11-14T19:51:30ZengRegensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und AmerikanistikCurrent Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies1861-61272018-05-0119110.5283/copas.292Luke Cage as Postpost-9/11 TV: Spatial Negotiations of Race in Contemporary U.S. TelevisionLea Espinoza Garrido0University of MünsterReading Luke Cage “as a ‘postpost-9/11’ text with a focus on the body of the bulletproof Black male superhero, Luke, as well as the show’s setting, this paper examines the serial’s potential to negotiate social and cultural implications of American politics in response to the attacks on September 11, 2001, particularly with regard to the War on Terror’s embeddedness in long-standing histories of racism.https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/292War on TerrorLuke Cagespace9/11racial profilingpostpost-9/11
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title Luke Cage as Postpost-9/11 TV: Spatial Negotiations of Race in Contemporary U.S. Television
title_full Luke Cage as Postpost-9/11 TV: Spatial Negotiations of Race in Contemporary U.S. Television
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title_short Luke Cage as Postpost-9/11 TV: Spatial Negotiations of Race in Contemporary U.S. Television
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