Nationalism and Popular Culture

ISBN-13: 9781032175447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str.

Tim Nieguth

Opis

How do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national identity and national belonging stems, in part, from the ways in which nationalism is embedded in popular culture.

Spis treści

1. Popular Culture and Quotidian Nationalism  Geopolitics  2. Donut Nation: Tim Hortons and Canadian Identity  3. Völkisch Vibes: Neofolk, Place, Politics, and Pan-European Nationalism  Membership  4. Contemporary Israeli Television Challenges National Traumas  5. The Burka and Beyond: Burka Avenger, Muslim Women, and Pakistani National Identity  6. triple J’s Hottest 100: Australia’s Largest Music Democracy?  Flows  7. Transnational Laughter: Reception and Conservative Policies of Transposition.  8. Understanding Nationalism in Popular Culture through the Lenses of Affect and Circulation  Contestation  9.  Firefly, Anti-Statism, and American National Identity

O autorze

Tim Nieguth is Associate Professor of Political Science at Laurentian University. His research centres on nationalism, popular culture, and state apologies; his work has been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Nations & Nationalism, and Space & Polity, among others. Dr. Nieguth is the editor of The Politics of Popular Culture and co-editor of Investigating Shrek.