CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Barron, Melody |
|---|---|
| Title | Identifying the Thread of Antisemitism: An Analysis of the Gender Regime and National Order in Agent Carter |
| Summary | This thesis examines the question as to how reactionary and conservative politics and ideology are mediated through tropes and discourses of antisemitism in the television show Agent Carter (2015-2016). The thesis analyzes the generic and gendered constitutions of the characters and narratives with an interdisciplinary reading. This reading is based on Eve Sedgwick’s paranoid epistemology conceptualized in queer literary theory. By being situated in theories of nationalism, feminist cultural studies, genre theory and discourse analysis, this thesis analyzes the way genre, gender, and nationalism in Agent Carter hinge on a thread of antisemitism. The thread of antisemitism is the manner through which the reactionary politics and conservative ideology is animated and employed. By interpreting popular media through these critical lenses, reactionary and regressive politics become obvious in a piece of popular culture that promotes itself as feminist and progressive. |
| Supervisor | Barát, Erzsébet |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/barron_melody.pdf |
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