Supernatural's Colonial Themes
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Supernatural's Colonial Themes
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About this listen
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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