Colonial ‘Othering’ in Pandemic Movies: Pandemic as a Metaphor for Colonialism as Represented in the Movie Contagion

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  • Anjitha. S

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v10i6.11317

Keywords:

Pandemic Narratives, Concept of ‘self’ and the ‘other’, Dichotomy of Binary Oppositions, Hegemony, Colonization, COVID 19 Outbreak.

Abstract

A pandemic is a high prevalence outbreak of infectious disease that occurs over a wide geographical area. In the scheme of human history, pandemics are nothing new. Apocalyptic outbreaks of diseases have been a recurring motif in literature since time immemorial. Pandemic literature helps us contextualise the reality of such outbreaks and mirrors our fears about the disease and societal collapse.

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Author Biography

Anjitha. S

M.A English Language and Literature

Mar Ivanios College

Trivandrum, Kerala, India

References

Contagion. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2011.

Fanon, Frantz, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The Wretched of the Earth, François Maspero, 1977.

Frazer, Elizabeth, and Kimberly Hutchings. “On Politics and Violence: Arendt Contra Fanon.” Contemporary Political Theory, vol. 7, no. 1, 2008, pp. 90–108., philpapers.org/rec/FRAOPA-5. Accessed 10 Mar.2022.

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Published

28-06-2022

How to Cite

S, A. . (2022). Colonial ‘Othering’ in Pandemic Movies: Pandemic as a Metaphor for Colonialism as Represented in the Movie Contagion. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH, 10(6), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v10i6.11317

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Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2022

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