2016: Populist Odyssey: Neoliberalism and Populism in Hell or High Water

  1. Fabián Orán Llarena
Revista:
Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos

ISSN: 1133-309X 2253-8410

Año de publicación: 2018

Número: 22

Páginas: 247-273

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.12795/REN.2018.I22.11 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos

Resumen

El año 2016 estará largamente asociado a la elección de Donald Trump como presidente de los Estados Unidos. Aunque la literatura desde el campo de los estudios de cine sobre la ―América de Trump‖ está por escribirse, podemos encontrar ejemplos de películas americanas centradas en describir las condiciones que han llevado a los profundos cambios de 2016. Este artículo analiza la película Comanchería a la luz de los dramáticos cambios políticos del año 2016. Usando el concepto de populismo y analizando los aspectos vertebradores del neoliberalismo, sostengo que Comanchería representa el estado de los campos políticos en el año 2016, así como las demandas políticas y económicas que prefiguran una potencial reacción populista

Información de financiación

1 This article is part of the Research Project ―Justice, Citizenship and Vulnerability: Precarious Narratives and Intersectional Approaches‖ (FFI2015-63895-C2-1-R), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. I have previously addressed some of the themes of this article in the paper ―‗We the People‘ Right-wing Populism in Law Abiding Citizen and Hell or High Water‖ delivered in the 2017 AEDEAN Conference held at the University of La Laguna. In addition, I would like to thank the Franklin Institute at the University of Alcalá de Henares, where I completed the last writing and research stages for this article.

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