{"id":8631,"date":"2022-05-16T17:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?p=8631"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:59:46","slug":"dragon-ball-z-authoritarian-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/dragon-ball-z-authoritarian-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Ball Z authoritarian question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><br>Authoritarianism in US Political Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean, Zachary Michael Lewis. 2018. \u201cOnly a Chilling Elegy: An Examination of White Bodies, Colonialism, Fascism, Genocide, and Racism in Dragon Ball.\u201d In Comic Studies Here and Now, Taylor &amp; Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean (2018) argues that Akira Toriyama\u2019s Dragon Ball has themes of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;<ul><li>Colonialism;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Genocide;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>White racial supremacy;<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Class hierarchies and meritocracy<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Would Frieza rank high on authoritarianism in the F-scale?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Frieza might rank high on the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Convention<\/strong>: respect for convention; the status quo.<\/li><li><strong>Authority<\/strong>: the extent to which people are willing to submit to authority.<\/li><li><strong>Aggression<\/strong>: the extent to which people admired aggression.<\/li><li><strong>Destructiveness &amp; Cynicism<\/strong>: high cynicism more likely to be an authoritarian.<\/li><li><strong>Body-image<\/strong>: body image is very important.<\/li><li><strong>Superstition<\/strong>: authoritarianism is associated with superstition.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe wearing of armor\/military garb and Freeza\u2019s use of advanced technology, for either transport, luxury, or oppression, also hearkens to the connection with colonial Westerners:&nbsp;<strong>he believes in strength by way of force&nbsp;<\/strong>and raw military might, with armies across the universe [\u2026] Planets are conquered for their natural resources, technologies, and\u2014<strong>if the planetary residents are both lucky and physically powerful\u2014\u201crecruitment\u201d into Freeza\u2019s army<\/strong>. [In contrast]&nbsp;<strong>unlucky alien races&nbsp;<\/strong>that possess nothing of interest have&nbsp;<strong>their entire species wiped out&nbsp;<\/strong>in an act of&nbsp;<strong>genocidal cleansing<\/strong>, with the now-uninhabited planet sold to the highest bidder\u201d (Dean, 271)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dean (2018) argues the character represents white colonialism and racism<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>This is in sharp contrast to Goku, who likely ranks low on authoritarianism<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email your partners and discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question:&nbsp;<\/strong>Would Frieza rank high on authoritarianism (on a 1-6 scale, where 6 means high on authoritarianism)? 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