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Power and Resistance: Silence and Secrecy in Avatar - The Last Airbender

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  • Gayatri Viswanath

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In the American animated television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender (ATLA), a visually Asian-influenced world of humans, animals and spirits plays out a history of violence, trauma and resistance. This world comprises four cultural formations or communities -the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Air-Nomads and the Fire Nation, where each society has a population of ‘non-benders’ and ‘benders’ who can ‘bend ‘or manipulate the element of their community for both productive or/and destructive purposes. This world sees the domination and colonisation of the Fire Nation over the other kingdoms and the ensuing violence and resistance.

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  • Gayatri Viswanath, 2014. "Power and Resistance: Silence and Secrecy in Avatar - The Last Airbender," Working Papers id:5984, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5984
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