Research Catalog

Title

Thinking popular culture : war, terrorism and writing / Tara Brabazon.

Author

Brabazon, Tara.

Publication

Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.

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Details

Description

vi, 265 pages; 24 cm

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." "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. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Popular culture
• Terrorism in mass media
• War in mass media
• Mass media and public opinion
• Digital media
• Popular Culture
• popular culture
• Massenkultur
• Massenmedien
• Neue Medien
• Terrorismus
• Öffentliche Meinung
• Terrorism i massmedia
• Krig i massmedia
• Populärkultur
• Allmänna opinionen
• Massmedia
• Digitala medier

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-258) and index.

Contents

Introduction: interventions in/denial; Thinking: Google is white bread for the mind; Stop crying -- start thinking; Coalition of the guilty; The 8th deadly sin; When Paris became a celebrity, not a city; Free Wiki (but what is the cost?); It's only food, dude; Crazy frog capitalism; What are the young people wearing?; You've been Jaded. Design: The last punk; Mad about the boy (London); Handbag nation; A game you play with your brain: philosophy football; Punking yoga; Kindle surprise. Sonic: 2bars; As cool as the crickets; It's not easy being Johnny Cash; Play great leap forward, you bastard; Singing a city; Downloading democracy; I know I won;t be leaving here with the Archduke; I'm with stupid. Visions: What have you ever done on the telly?; Pree-sen-na kul-cha; I don't believe you. You're a liar; Bad wolf; 28.06.42.12; Life, death and disco; Winds of change; Conclusion: cut Elvis; Index.

ISBN

• 0754675297
• 9780754675297

LCCN

2008028449

OCLC

• ocn233283713
• 233283713
• SCSB-8801052

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library