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Di#mer, J. 2005. Captain America’s empire:
reflec9ons on iden9ty, popular culture, and
post-‐9/11 geopoli9cs. Annals of the Associa.on
of American Geographers 95 (3): 626-‐43.
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [1/15]
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [2/15]
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [3/15]
Public intellectuals like Samuel P. Hun9ngton,
author of The Clash of Civiliza.ons, have
shaped debate over the significance of 9/11.
Public-‐opinion shapers like the crea9ve team
of Captain America play a similar role, though
more indirectly. Their forms of patrio9sm are
complementary and oSen simplified by and for
the proverbial masses. Neither Hun9ngton nor
Captain American are simply xenophobic; in
fact, the superhero’s current incarna9on is
liberal in many ways.
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [4/15]
The Captain is as a barometer of US self-‐
percep9ons and aYtudes toward the “others,”
especially of “the rest” (non-‐West). He is a
be#er embodiment of US na9onalism than
Superman since he is a na9ve-‐born “American”
mo9vated by patrio9sm. His shield symbolizes
of the defensive nature of his calling. He seeks
to protect an “America” that is the vic9m of
others’ aggression rather than a vic9mizer, as
much of the world perceives it.
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [5/15]
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [6/15]
The term “culture wars” was coined by
conserva9ve pundit Pat Buchanan many, many
years ago. He and many Republicans are
distraught by the risk of internal or external
subversion. They can be described as right-‐
wing ideologues whose views go much further
than those of Captain America. He is a truly
“American” superhero: a rugged individualist
pursuing the na9onal interest even at odds
with government when necessary, sensi9ve to
but unconvinced by the “blame-‐America”
crowd.
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [7/15]
Cultura Norteamerica, Dr. Jason Kendall Moore, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Campus San Felipe, Primer Semestre 2015
Unit 1: Captain America's empire [8/15]
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