{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 21: The Lord of the Rings with Dr. Ellen Meiser","description":"On this month's episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast Dr. Ellen Meiser of The Social Breakdown Podcast and I tackle the epic High Fantasy Trilogy: The Lord of the Rings . We talk about terrorism, tourism, and meme culture before getting into The Masculinity, sexuality, racism and power dynamics in Middle Earth. Listen up, or "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"   Intro: 0:00-5:15 Not being a Good student  Dr. Meiser's Previous Episodes  Peter Jackson's Version  Basics: 5:15-21:42 Production  Trivia  Plot Filling in the Gaps  Historical Context: 21:55-54:05 Dr. Meiser's Initial Thoughts  Book Talk (WWI) and its impact  The Odessy to find a Production Company LOTR Meme Culture  The Films as Soft Power  New Zealand GDP and Tourism  Escapism from the realities of Terrorism  Sociological World Building  Social Analysis 54:20-96:00 Masculinity in Middle-Earth  Power Dynamics of the Realm  Lack of Female Representation  Sexuality of the Fellowship  Environmentalism vs. Industry  Colonialism and Race  Major in Sociology  Trauma Mental Illness and Drug Addiction  The Importance of Friendship  Outtro 96:13-103:26 Plugs and banter  @TheSocBreakdown @ThesociologistS The Sociologist's Dojo Blog  Global Perspectives on the Liminility of the Supernatural    Stick around for: This becoming an ageism podcast for a few seconds  A post script hint at Dr. Meiser's next episode  All clips used were done under Faire Use Links: Bush and Lord of the Rings Article   Frodo, Thomas and The Supreme Court  Trump's Lawyer: " Gondor has No King" RW Connell's Masculinities  Naomi Kline's Disaster Capitalism  ","author_name":"The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com\/website","html":"