Tradition and Modernity of Humanity
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): May

Semiotics Analysis of Racism in the Comic Captain America: Sam Wilson

Junior, Maldini Radjab (Unknown)
Juanda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 May 2022

Abstract

Racism is still common, especially against African Americans in the United States and is a problem that until now has not been resolved. Racism is again a hot topic as police brutality started popular movements such as Black Lives Matter that tried to raise awareness about racism in the United States. The comic "Captain America: Sam Wilson" describes the phenomenon of racism against society, especially in the United States. This article aims to find out the signs that represent racism in the comic "Captain America: Sam Wilson", signs that show verbal and non-verbal violence. This study uses a qualitative method with the semiotic approach of Roland Barthes. The data is taken from panels or scenes in the comic "Captain America: Sam Wilson," which contains racism. From the data obtained.

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tmh

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Tradition and Modernity of Humanity based at Lembaga Penelitian Universitas Sumatera Utara in Medan, TALENTA Publisher as a publisher and publishing articles in both English and Indonesia, the journal provides a space for innovative theoretical as well as empirical contributions to issues that ...