Imagining race and neoliberalism in young adult dystopian cinema

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dc.contributor.authorRickards, Nicholas Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBrayton, Sean
dc.contributor.supervisorHelstein, Michelle T.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-10T17:48:25Z
dc.date.available2018-08-10T17:48:25Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe second decade of the 21st century saw a unique surge of young adult dystopian media from Hollywood and other popular entertainment industries. Trending after the release of The Hunger Games, the genre would continue to produce film and television series towards the turn of the decade. This thesis explores the intersection of politics, film, and television, and examines how young adult dystopian media transcoded tumultuous discourse of race, colonialism, capitalism, and neoliberalism which were circulating at the time. By reading three popular media texts, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and the television series The 100, I suggest that these cultural artifacts, and the young adult dystopian genre as a whole, provides a spaces for exploring issues of concern in our own society by projecting them on the landscape of a dystopian future.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by SSHRC (Social Science Humanities Research Council)en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5184
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0900en_US
dc.proquest.subject0708en_US
dc.proquest.subject0534en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : Universtiy of Lethbridge, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Educationen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Educationen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectYoung adult fiction -- Themes, motivesen_US
dc.subjectDystopian films -- History and criticismen_US
dc.subjectRace in motion picturesen_US
dc.subjectImperialism in motion picturesen_US
dc.subjectCapitalism and mass mediaen_US
dc.subjectNeoliberalism in popular cultureen_US
dc.subjectHunger Games (Motion picture)en_US
dc.subjectMaze Runner: the Scorch Trials (Motion picture)en_US
dc.subject100 (Television program)en_US
dc.subjectcapitalismen_US
dc.subjectcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectdystopian cinemaen_US
dc.subjectneoliberalismen_US
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectyoung adult mediaen_US
dc.titleImagining race and neoliberalism in young adult dystopian cinemaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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