The Ideology Manipulation And National Image Construction

There are different social life themes in different historical periods of different countries. For USA, a theme is anti-terrorism after 9.11. Conforming to this theme, a large number of anti-terrorism films have been made in Hollywood. This thesis will consider this question: Is there a possibility to research the anti-terrorism films as a type If the answer is yes, then on what aspects do the meaning and the value of the research displayThe paper is divided into six parts. The Introduction is to analyze the reason for choosing the anti-terrorism films as the object to study and to point out the prospects of the anti-terrorism films study on the basis of analyzing the predecessors'achievements. The first part, entitled The Growing of A New Type, is to set forth the possibility of research on the anti-terrorism films as one type and to point out the root cause of why Hollywood keens on the anti-terrorism films and to establish the basic standard of the anti-terrorism films by the visual illustration as well as aesthetic form. The second part, entitled The Anti-terrorism Image under the Ideology is to focus on the research of the representation way of the ideology. It begins with the concept of the ideology, and then point out that the characterized method of the ideology in the anti-terrorism films mainly contains in American politics, American spirit and American heroic myth on the basis of reviewing the ideological criticism of the film world. The third part, as the title of Anti-terrorism Films and the National Image, by analyzing the way to deal with national image in the anti-terrorism films, is to point out that Hollywood, adopting the tactics of lifting American'image while deliberately belittling the other countries', constructed the post-9.11-era American new image. The fourth part, entitled The Apocalypse of Hollywood Anti-terrorism, is to analyze the reference meaning of the anti-terrorism films to China's creation of main theme films from its narrative rules as well as to analyze the things that the making of China's films should pay attention to from the angle of culture safety. The Conclusion is to end the text with the possibility, the urgency and the meaning and value of the anti-terrorism films study.It has been completely possible to study the anti-terrorism films as a type. By deeply researching the anti-terrorism films, not only can we analyze the narrative tactics of ideology in Hollywood and the way of the construction of national image, but also find out its reference meaning to the creation of the main theme films in China as well as its contribution to secure China's culture safety. It's of great significance.