What is it about?

Social-political-economic analysis of the film "Monsters."

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Demonstrates the importance of popular culture on opinion-making, particularly on the key issues of neoliberal globalization and north-south hemispheric relations.

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Monster narratives are capable of upsetting the status quo in many ways. The film "Monsters" kicks U.S. corporatism and militarism in the teeth.

Dr. Kirk Combe
Denison University

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This page is a summary of: Homeland Insecurity: Macho Globalization and Alien Blowback inMonsters, The Journal of Popular Culture, October 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jpcu.12338.
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