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In many pop culture texts, "monsters" can be read as metaphors for marginalized Others in U.S. culture. This book applies the philosophical lens of Michel Foucault's normalizing and bio-powers to zombies, vampires, magicians, genetic mutants and others, asking whether these stories of apparent liberation really are so. Exploring a single theme in depth across a series of pop culture texts, this book encourages a radical new understanding of liberation narratives and of political activism as a mechanism of social change.
Lisa A. King is an associate professor of philosophy at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceIntroduction: Zombies, Vampires and Mutants, Oh My!1. The Walking Dead as Biopolitical Nightmare2. Feminist Post-Structuralism, Jessica Jones and Rape Culture3. Normalizing and Bio-Powers in the World of Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood4. The X-Men and Racialization as Bio-Political Normalization5. Difference as Intersectional in the Harry Potter Universe6. Sense8, Nationhood and Global Power RelationsConclusion: Telling Stories, Transforming WorldsChapter NotesWorks CitedIndex
