Date of Award
Summer 8-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
War and Society
First Advisor
Dr. Kyle Longley
Second Advisor
Dr. Charissa Threat
Third Advisor
Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa
Abstract
"Othering” is just one of many tools nations use during war time to garner support for the war effort. “Othering” in media often goes undetected, a subtle framing of one’s own viewpoint as the viewpoint and the gaze, often at the exclusion and alienation of others. This collection of essays explores how individuals and institutions “Othered” during wartime. Essays “A Review of Walt Disney’s Life and ‘Othering’” and “Walt Disney’s ‘Reluctant Dragon’ and the 1941 Strike,” study how and why Walt Disney “Othered” certain audiences in his films The Reluctant Dragon, Saludos Amigos, and The Three Caballeros. “Who is Left: The Moral Burden of War” explores how Lance Corporal John J. Petchel “Othered” in his private letter collection to his fiancé during the Vietnam War. These essays identify a possible “cycle” of ideologically- motivated “Othering.” The final essay “Coordinates” offers a possible way forward to disrupt this cycle of ideologically-motivated “Othering” for generations to come, with media and curricula designed to connect children with peoples and cultures furthest from their coordinates.
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Recommended Citation
Kadkhodai, Christen Decker. "Disaffection and Othering: Beyond Our Coordinates." Master's thesis, Chapman University, 2023. https://doi.org/10.36837/chapman.000500
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