Politics in Gotham City: The Ideological Discourse of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy

 

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awdur: Muñoz González, Rodrigo
Fformat: artículo original
Statws:Versión publicada
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi:2026
Disgrifiad:This article analyzes Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy (2005–2012) through critical discourse analysis to uncover its ideological operations. Through a qualitative matrix, the identity, objectives, and actions of both Batman and his antagonists were analyzed by identifying the ideologemes that structure the narrative. The findings reveal a defense of the status quo: Batman, a philanthropic hero of oligarchic origins, restores order and property through authoritarian exceptions and the production of symbols. Villains embody critiques of order, capital, and the political system, recoded as “external” threats and chaos. A moral geography of class emerges —virtue flowing downward, criminality rising upward— and deploy an invasion metaphor that personalizes evil while masking structural causes. The article concludes that the trilogy promotes civic rather than political awareness and calls for extending analysis to production, consumption, and materiality for future research.
Gwlad:Portal de Revistas TEC
Sefydliad:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Iaith:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8719
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/comunicacion/article/view/8719
Allweddair:mass communication
film
ideology
discourse
mass culture
political communication
comunicación de masas
cine
ideología
discurso
cultura de masas
comunicación política
Literatura