This volume explores the way that interpretations are constructed and pursued in political action. Each article in this collection develops a methodology appropriate to a substantive problem in politics. The collection is broad in its geographical scope, ranging from Ireland to South Africa, the USA to Finland. Collectively the authors redefine the notion of the political by considering the socio-linguistic construction of the self and identity, looking at: the symbolic power of national anthems; discourses of sexual politics; the politics of political science textbooks; and the role of the...

This volume explores the way that interpretations are constructed and pursued in political action. Each article in this collection develops a methodology appropriate to a substantive problem in politics. The collection is broad in its geographical scope, ranging from Ireland to South Africa, the USA to Finland. Collectively the authors redefine the notion of the political by considering the socio-linguistic construction of the self and identity, looking at: the symbolic power of national anthems; discourses of sexual politics; the politics of political science textbooks; and the role of the...

This book advances the argument that the arts, from film and literature to painting and comics, offer qualitatively different readings of terror and trauma that endeavor to resist the exploitation and perpetuation of violence.