Articles about "smashups"

Realidades socioculturales

Between Sinophobia and Mythology, an essay on visual anthropology and social networks.

  • Arturo Humberto Gutiérrez del Ángel

In this essay we seek to understand and analyze how mythological structures occupy a central place in sinophobic thought and how social networks operate as a vehicle for it. We use the tools of visual anthropology, which allow us to study these fields: the anthropological foundations of mythology and its expression in the form of memes, smashupsfilms and even songs. To achieve this end, digital ethnography occupied a preeminent place. Moreover, this type of thinking is triggered by social conditions. We will demonstrate how the sinophobic content in the smashups The social conditions, such as pandemics, are exacerbated by the presence of the Chinese.