Politics and Popular Culture (eBook)

John Street (Autor)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-7817-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In an age where film stars become presidents and politicians appear in pop videos, politics and popular culture have become inextricably interlinked. In this exciting new book, John Street provides a broad survey and analysis of this relationship.

Autor

John Franklin Street is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3, 2000, and was re-elected to a second term beginning in 2004.

Inhalt

Part I: The Political and the Popular:.

1. Passion, populism, politics.

2. Popular culture as politics.

3. Politics as popular culture.

Part II: Governing Global Culture:.

4. All around the world: the global politics of popular
culture.

5. Ruling the waves: the state and popular culture.

6. The local politics of popular culture.

Part III: Political Theory/Cultural Theory:.

7. Cultural theories of politics.

8. Political theories of culture.

9. The politics of judgement: from condemnation to
commendation.

10. Political pleasures.

Bibliography.

Index.

Rezensionen

"John Street's Politics and Popular Culture is an engagingly
written and interesting book. Street augments our understanding of
the complex connections linking commercial culture to political
power through careful exposition, clear examples, and a wonderfully
knowing survey of contemporary writings on the subject." George
Lipsitz, University of California, San Diego

"John Street's new volume provides a timely and accessible
introduction to the topic [of media and communication studies], one
which should be welcomed by the world of political science for its
lucidity and attention to detail." International Affairs

"[A] well-informed survey. For readers and students in the field
of Popular Music the book is an important addition to the
literature." International Association for the Study of Popular
Music

"(An) excellent, challenging and important book ...
comprehensive and provocative critical treatment of the
relationship between politics and popular culture ... [which]
deserves to be a staple item on university reading-lists about
politics and popular culture alike. It is likely to resonate with
students, to provoke endless discussion and to provide political
scientists and others with a way of opening up what many students
view as staid or impenetrable theories about civic culture or
rational choice ... a valuable first step." Music and
Letters

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Cultural Studies • Kulturwissenschaften • Political Issues & Behavior • Political Science • Politikwissenschaft • Politische Fragen u. politisches Verhalten
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-7817-3 / 0745678173
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-7817-7 / 9780745678177