Othering in Science-Fiction: Processes of Dehumanization in Black Mirror's "Men Against Fire"

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), course: Postcolonial Science-Fiction, language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes the implementation of the postcolonial concepts of othering and dehumanization in the Black Mirror episode "Men Against Fire" (2016). The concepts are outlined in the first chapters and later applied to the text and subtext of the episode. The author focuses on individual identity and group identity formation processes, in-group favoritism and out-group homogeneity, othering and dehumanization as inter-group discrimination and the role of language and names in regard to human identity.