Popular culture, geopolitics, and identity

Description

This innovative and engaging textbook is the first to survey the field of popular geopolitics, exploring the relationship between popular culture and international relations from a geographical perspective. Jason Dittmer connects 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. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme--such as representation, narrative, and affect--by explaining the concept andthen considering some of the key debates that have revolved around it. Finally, each chapt. Popular culture : between propaganda and entertainment -- Geopolitics : histories, discourses, and mediation -- Popular culture : theories, methods, and intertextuality -- Representation of place and the British empire -- Narration of nation in the post-WWII United States -- Affect, embodiment, and military video games -- The active audience and evangelical geopolitics -- Hegemony, subaltern identities, and new media -- Identity, subjectivity, and going forward.