Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity (eBook)

Daniel Bos, Jason Dittmer (Autoren)

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2019 | 2., Second Edition
248 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1673-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Now in a thoroughly revised edition, this innovative textbook surveys the field of popular geopolitics, exploring the relationship between popular culture and international relations from a geographical perspective. Using colorful current examples, it brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary literature and makes it understandable and relevant.

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Now in a thoroughly revised edition, this innovative and engaging text surveys the field of popular geopolitics, exploring the relationship between popular culture and international relations from a geographical perspective. Jason Dittmer and Daniel Bos connect global issues with the questions of identity and subjectivity that we feel as individuals, arguing that who we think we are influences how we understand the world. Building on the strengths of the first edition, each chapter focuses on a specific themesuch as representation, audience, and affectby explaining the concept and then outlining some of the emerging debates that have revolved around it. New and updated case studiesincluding heritage and social mediahelp illustrate the significance of the concepts and capture the ways popular culture shapes our understandings of geopolitics within everyday life. Students will enjoy the texts accessibility and colorful examples, and instructors will appreciate the way the book brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary literature and makes it understandable and relevant.

Autor

Jason Dittmer is professor of political geography at University College London. Daniel Bos is departmental lecturer in human geography at the University of Oxford.

Inhalt

Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Popular Culture—Between Propaganda and Entertainment 1 Geopolitics: Histories, Discourses, and Mediation 2 Popular Culture and Popular Geopolitics: Definitions, Theories, and Convergence 3 Methodologies: Researching Popular Geopolitics 4 Representation of Place and the British Empire 5 Narration of Nation in the Post-WWII United States 6 Affect, Embodiment, and Military-Themed Video Games 7 Audiences, Assemblages, and the Everyday Geopolitics of Heritage 8 Social Media and the Networked Self 9 Conclusion: Identity, Subjectivity, and Going Forward Bibliography Index About the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications
• Zusatzinfo: 236 Illustrations including: - 22 Black & White Illustrations; - 4 Tables; - 210 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Brexit • Call of Duty • Captian America • Critical theory • Cultural geography • Entertainment • film the interview • Geopolitics • hegemony • internatioanl relations • James Bond • media • Neo-Nazi • North Korea • Personal Identity • Place • Political Geography • popular culture • Propoganda • Rhodes Must Fall • Social Theory • Textbook • video games • Wonder Woman
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1673-1 / 1538116731
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1673-9 / 9781538116739