Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 248
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Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-5381-1671-5 • Hardback • March 2019 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-5381-1672-2 • Paperback • March 2019 • $42.00 • (£35.00)
978-1-5381-1673-9 • eBook • March 2019 • $39.50 • (£30.00)
Jason Dittmer is professor of political geography at University College London.
Daniel Bos is departmental lecturer in human geography at the University of Oxford.
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
This book could inform media research on pop culture in relation to political geography.
— Communication Booknotes Quarterly
Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity is back! This time there is a dynamic duo—Dittmer and Bos. The new edition preserves the accessible and engaging style of the first edition but takes the reader on an updated tour of this exciting interdisciplinary field. Highly recommended.— Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London; author of Border Wars
Jason Dittmer’s original work has been greatly enhanced by the contributions of Daniel Bos, producing an up-to-date, insightful, and provocative text that reflects the increasing and now undeniable relevance of popular culture in world politics. The new version covers major developments from Trump’s ‘reality television presidency’ to the advent of ‘clicktivism,’ giving the reader multiple vectors from which to assess, interpret, and/or critique the interplay between power, pop culture, policy, and politics. With a new chapter dedicated to methodologies and modalities, as well as expanded analysis of social media and other less studied elements of popular culture, the second edition is a welcome addition to the scholarship of popular geopolitics. Written in straightforward language and employing a plethora of timely and relevant examples, this new edition is perfect for use in undergraduate classes but is also of interest to postgrads and researchers alike.— Robert Saunders, Farmingdale State College–SUNY
Thoroughly updated for our geopolitically uncertain times but retaining the accessibility, clarity, and sparkle of the first edition, this is a must-read for those who want to understand the entanglements of politics and popular culture.— Joanne Sharp, University of Glasgow
Conceptually focused chapters
Theoretically grounded in both geopolitics and cultural studies
Rich case studies from a wide array of popular culture icons
Treats subject matter as a living enterprise rather than a static set of facts
Crisply written, analytically astute, empirically rich
Boxed definitions of key terms, interdisciplinary approaches to the topic, and use of contemporary examples from popular culture to explain key concepts all help connect students to the subject
New features
Significant updating and revision of the existing chapters, which discuss key developments in both geopolitics and cultural studies
Two new chapters on methods and social media and the networked self
New case studies, drawing from a wide array of popular cultural examples including heritage sites, social media, and commercial military-themed videogames
Additional boxed definitions succinctly define key terms