1st Edition
Anticolonialism, Ontology, and Semiotics A Cinematic Exploration
By Patrick D. Anderson
Copyright 2026
124 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
124 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Anticolonialism, Ontology, and Semiotics places anticolonial theory, semiotic analysis, and contemporary Hollywood film into conversation.
Synthesizing Algirdas Greimas’ semiotic square with the theories of anticolonial philosophers like Frantz Fanon, Eldridge Cleaver, and Sylvia Wynter, Anderson reconstructs an anticolonial social ontology for use as a method of film analysis. Using this... Read more
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 On Anticolonial Theory and Semiotics
2 Colonial Semiotics in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
3 Epistemology, Ontology, and White Womanhood in Gone Girl and The Hateful Eight
4 On Convalescence and Going Native in Hairspray and Captain Marvel
5 On Anticolonial Revolution in Get Out and Django Unchained
Postscript
Index
Biography
Patrick D. Anderson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Central State University. His research focuses on the anticolonial tradition of Africana political theory, with an emphasis on archival research and anticolonial theories of social ontology.
