The World Through Fiction

Supernatural's Colonial Themes


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This episode examines how colonial themes persist in stories set in the present through a case study in Supernatural (2005-2020).

Concepts:

  • Monster theses
  • The strenuous life
  • Home intrusion
  • Fears of miscegenation
  • Othering
  • Men who know Indians
  • Female captivity narrative
  • Sources:

    Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. “Monster Culture (Seven Theses).” University of Minnesota Press.

    Leow Hui Min Annabeth. "Coloniality and the Chicana Gothic: Traveling Myths in the Pilot." In The Gothic Tradition in Supernatural: Essays on the Television Series, edited by Melissa Edmundson, 91-102.

    Palmer, Lorrie. "The Road to Lordsburg: Rural Masculinity in Supernatural." In TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural, edited by Stacey Abbot and David Lavery, 77-89.

    Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America. 1992.

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