Event Title
Welcome to Homerica”: The Representation of Immigration Issues and the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence in American Anima
Description
This presentation shows that four American animated television series, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park and American Dad!, are more than mere entertainment and contain political discourses on undocumented immigration and the building of a fence along the US-Mexico border. Relying on Daniel Licensors categorization of the main US currents of thought on immigration, we proceed to a qualitative content and discourse analysis to show how most of these four series valorize liberal views on immigration.
About the Lecturer: Julie Dufort, Ph.D. student in Political Science, University of Quebec at Montreal; Visiting assistant professor at Western Washington University.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
29-5-2013 12:00 PM
End Date
29-5-2013 1:00 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Animated television programs--United States; Television programs--Influence; Politics on television; Political satire, American; Undocumented immigrants
Subjects – Names (LCNAF)
United States--Politics and government--Humor--Drama
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Undocumented immigration, Political discourse, American animated television series
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Welcome to Homerica”: The Representation of Immigration Issues and the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence in American Anima
Fairhaven College Auditorium
This presentation shows that four American animated television series, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park and American Dad!, are more than mere entertainment and contain political discourses on undocumented immigration and the building of a fence along the US-Mexico border. Relying on Daniel Licensors categorization of the main US currents of thought on immigration, we proceed to a qualitative content and discourse analysis to show how most of these four series valorize liberal views on immigration.
About the Lecturer: Julie Dufort, Ph.D. student in Political Science, University of Quebec at Montreal; Visiting assistant professor at Western Washington University.
