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Foreign Policy In Media: An Examination Of The Captain America Films., Kat Hernandez
Foreign Policy In Media: An Examination Of The Captain America Films., Kat Hernandez
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Popular culture and media are consumed daily by billions around the world, media which can contain meaningful and politically relevant material. The three Captain America films from the 2010s represent this phenomenon in the presentation of Captain America as a nationalist superhero with geopolitically relevant storylines. The direction and production of these films illustrate significant parallels to foreign policy choices of the United States. Through an interpretive analysis of the Captain America films: Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War, this project seeks to analyze Captain America’s image and …