title: The discourse of patriotism in a modern American mass culture: The case of “Watchmen” TV series
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metadata.value: Samarin, Yaroslav V.
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metadata.value: 2021-06-01T19:56:45Z
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metadata.value: 2021-06-01T19:56:45Z
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metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.value: Samarin Ya. V. The discourse of patriotism in a modern American mass culture: The case of “Watchmen” TV series. Political Expertise: POLITEX, 2021, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 28–38.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2021.103
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/29122
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metadata.value: This article examines the role of popular culture products as a factor in changing the concept
  of patriotism in the United States. The discourse of patriotism is formed through a “sum” of images including an assessment of the political system, values and national history. According to
  American sociologist Jeffrey Alexander, “gaining power depends on the outcome of struggles for
  symbolic domination in the civil sphere”. The exacerbation in the last decade of problems related
  to race, gender and social justice led to a split in society and created the demand for a critical
  revision of the history of the United States, and as result the revision of the concept of patriotism.
  Nowadays, more and more graphic novels and media-shows based on patriotism are focusing on
  issues of social justice, and play an important role in the “culture wars” in the United States. An
  example of this is the popular series “Watchmen”, which has received various influential awards.
  Through the plot about superheroes, its authors construct a new narrative of civic patriotism. This
  narrative assumes that the racial issue has been a key factor in US history and that the country
  was founded on the principles of intolerance and oppression. In addition, it is suggested that
  the political system, in turn, is only formally democratic and the founding fathers created a state
  that is prone to authoritarianism and suppression, regardless of which political party is in power.
  Therefore, radical reforms are required for the United States to become a truly democratic and
  inclusive country.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The reported study was funded by RFBR and EISR according to the research project no. 20-
  011-31690\20.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Political Expertise: POLITEX;Volume 17; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the discourse of patriotism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: American identity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: national memory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: popular culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The discourse of patriotism in a modern American mass culture: The case of “Watchmen” TV series
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metadata.value: Article
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