Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity (Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications)

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. 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 theme-such as representation, audience, and affect-by explaining the concept and then outlining some of the emerging debates that have revolved around it. New and updated case studies-including heritage and social media-help illustrate the significance of the concepts and capture the ways popular culture shapes our understandings of geopolitics within everyday life. Students will enjoy the text's accessibility and colorful examples, and instructors will appreciate the way the book brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary literature and makes it understandable and relevant La 4e de couverture indique : "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 theme-such as representation, audience, and affect-by explaining the concept and then outlining some of the emerging debates that have revolved around it. New and updated case studies-including heritage and social media-help illustrate the significance of the concepts and capture the ways popular culture shapes our understandings of geopolitics within everyday life. Students will enjoy the text's accessibility and colorful examples, and instructors will appreciate the way the book brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary literature and makes it understandable and relevant." "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 theme—such as representation, audience, and affect—by explaining the concept and then outlining some of the emerging debates that have revolved around it. New and updated case studies—including heritage and social media—help illustrate the significance of the concepts and capture the ways popular culture shapes our understandings of geopolitics within everyday life. Students will enjoy the text's accessibility and colorful examples, and instructors will appreciate the way the book brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary literature and makes it understandable and relevant."-- Site de l'éditeur "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 theme--such as representation, audience, and affect--by explaining the concept and then outlining some of the emerging debates that have revolved around it. New and updated case studies--including heritage and social media--help illustrate the significance of the concepts and capture the ways popular culture shapes our understandings of geopolitics within everyday life."-- Provided by publisher 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 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. El libro analiza el modo en que la cultura popular configura nuestra comprensión de la geopolítica en la vida cotidiana