Thinking Popular Culture

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Thinking Popular Culture

War, Terrorism and Writing

Popular culture Media studies Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Terrorism, armed struggle

Author: Tara Brabazon

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 5th December 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781351879491


Summary

This book is about war and popular culture, and war in popular culture. Tara Brabazon summons, probes, questions and reclaims popular culture, challenging the assumptions of war, whiteness, Christianity, modernity and progress that have dominated our lives since September 11.

Content

Addressing modes of thinking, design, music and visual media, Thinking Popular Culture offers a journey through courageous, interventionist and thoughtful ideas, performers and cultures. It welcomes those who ask difficult questions of those in power.

Importance

Addressing the lack of imagination and dissent that characterizes this new century, it is essential reading for any scholar of cultural studies and popular culture, media and journalism, creative writing and terrorism studies.

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