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This paper focuses on the ideological and postmodern approaches to analyzing the popular television show from the British Broadcasting Corporation, Peaky Blinders. Utilizing a thematic approach for analysis, this paper highlights social class, gender, and nationalism throughout the show that best exemplifies the impact it has on challenging and subverting traditional narratives, as well as reflecting and upholding particular beliefs and values about the world. The analysis of the themes, and intersectionality of the themes, assesses the impact the television show has on audience viewpoints of social constructs, norms, and reality.

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The Peaky Blinders: A Postmodern and Ideological Analysis of Class, Gender, and Nationalism

This paper focuses on the ideological and postmodern approaches to analyzing the popular television show from the British Broadcasting Corporation, Peaky Blinders. Utilizing a thematic approach for analysis, this paper highlights social class, gender, and nationalism throughout the show that best exemplifies the impact it has on challenging and subverting traditional narratives, as well as reflecting and upholding particular beliefs and values about the world. The analysis of the themes, and intersectionality of the themes, assesses the impact the television show has on audience viewpoints of social constructs, norms, and reality.

 

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