{"id":211,"date":"2026-02-19T01:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/kamjcritiques\/?p=211"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:38:23","slug":"newsletter-entry-5-ideological-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/kamjcritiques\/2026\/02\/19\/newsletter-entry-5-ideological-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"[Newsletter] Entry #5 – Ideological Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/em> takes an opposite position on the idea that masculinity rules. As we<\/p>\n\n\n\n

all know, masculinity in the world of The Walking Dead<\/em> could mean violence or dominance. The<\/p>\n\n\n\n

character Dama, who was making the decisions for the Burazi, used masculine tactics but mainly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

operated within a mental, mind-game component throughout the series. Her leadership style<\/p>\n\n\n\n

differed from Negan and the Croat\u2019s kind of leadership. Dama\u2019s style of authority came from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

influence, intelligence, and a socially controlled nature. These elements fall outside of typical<\/p>\n\n\n\n

masculine features. Using Dama as the main antagonist in the narrative allows the media to align<\/p>\n\n\n\n

with its medium by fulfilling the audience’s expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The writers set up the character Dama in the storyline as somewhat of a strategic politician. This<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is highlighted in season one, in the last episode, where she finally meets Negan and, within their<\/p>\n\n\n\n

conversation, gives him the opportunity to return to a leadership role. In the midst of the long<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dialogue, Dama discusses with Negan how she has positioned herself in a comfortable space with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maggie Rhee\u2019s son, and this approach differs greatly from a masculine approach. In the next<\/p>\n\n\n\n

episode, season 2, episode 1, Dama uses Negan\u2019s specialty to her advantage to get what she wants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

from the Burazi. In a masculine approach, you would see threats being made so that cooperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

is possible. In Dama\u2019s approach, she tells Negan to use his influence to convince members of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burazi that they want to do this. This shows that The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/em> conveys a style of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

leadership that differs from the world\u2019s favoritism toward masculinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To further the difference between Dama\u2019s way of leadership and a masculine style of leadership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the world of The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/em>, it is clear when comparing her style to Negan and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Croat, who also possess leadership roles within the text. Referring back to the narrative<\/p>\n\n\n\n

analysis, Negan is shown in scenes throughout Dead City<\/em> as lethal and willing to display gruesome<\/p>\n\n\n\n

killings to get his point across. For example, in the middle of my narrative analysis, I explained<\/p>\n\n\n\n

how Negan takes out a man on a balcony to show dominance over others who were trying to attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

him and Maggie Rhee. Dominance is a form of masculinity that Dama does not display in her<\/p>\n\n\n\n

leadership wholeheartedly. Written at the end of the narrative analysis post, the Croat is shown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

experiencing leadership qualities that the audience had not seen before the spinoff began. This type<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of leadership from the Croat is approached with masculinity within the narration. An example of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Croat\u2019s leadership style is shown in season one, episode five, where he fills a room with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

methane gas, which ends up knocking out his own people and nearly incapacitating Negan, the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

person he was trying to make a point to at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media compares to its medium by allowing the expectations of the audience to be fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When watching an action-filled thriller series, the natural feeling a viewer wants is the death of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the most evil person within the text. In The Walking Dead: Dead City<\/em>, there are no likable features<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the character Dama at all. This means that if anything were to happen to her in the narration, a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

natural feeling of relief would occur for the viewer. In season 2, episode 5, the writers display this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by showing a scene where it seems as if Dama had died in a fire that went out of control. Thisscene happens at the end of the episode. It also allows the audience to feel at ease because they<\/p>\n\n\n\n

know it would remove an obstacle from Maggie Rhee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Walking Dead: Dead City takes an opposite position on the idea that masculinity rules. As we all know, masculinity in the world of The Walking Dead could mean violence or dominance. The character Dama, who was making the decisions for the Burazi, used masculine tactics but mainly operated within a mental, mind-game component throughout the series. Her… <\/p>\n

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