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Kerr, W (2023) Water, earth, fire, air: Banal nationalism and Avatar: The Last Airbender. European Journal of Cultural Studies. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1367-5494
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Abstract
This article argues that children’s media can be a powerful source for embedding nationalist assumptions from an early age, by looking at Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend of Korra. In the shows, the world is divided into four discrete nations. Drawing on Billig’s concept of banal nationalism, I intend to explore how, despite being critical of nationalism, they nevertheless reinforce and communicate core tenets of national ideology: that nations are the natural way of organising the world. This then leads to wider conclusions about how children’s media can communicate and embed these ideas.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1504 Commercial Services; 2001 Communication and Media Studies; 2002 Cultural Studies; Communication & Media Studies |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR |
| Divisions: | Humanities & Social Science |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2024 10:13 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2024 10:13 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/13675494231206385 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23799 |
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