Popular Culture and World Politics: Theories, Methods, Pedagogies
Edited by Federica Caso and Caitlin Hamilton
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This edited collection brings together cutting edge insights from a range of key thinkers working in the area of popular culture and world politics (PCWP). Offering a holistic approach to this exciting field of research, it contributes to the establishment of PCWP as a sub-discipline of International Relations. Canvassing issues such as geopolitics, political identities, the War on Terror and political communication – and drawing from sources such as film, videogames, art and music – this collection is an invaluable reader for anyone interested in popular culture and world politics.
Table of contents
Introduction
– Federica Caso and Caitlin Hamilton
So, How Does Popular Culture Relate to World Politics?
– Jutta Weldes and Christina Rowley
Popular Culture and Political Identity
– Constance Duncombe and Roland Bleiker
On Captain America and ‘Doing’ Popular Culture in the Social Sciences
– Jason Dittmer
Popular Geopolitics and War on Terror
– Klaus Dodds
The Hidden Politics of Militarization and Pop Culture as Political Communication
– Linda Åhäll
Worlds of Our Making in Science Fiction and International Relations
– Nicholas J. Kiersey and Iver B. Neumann
Film and World Politics
– Michael J. Shapiro
Videogames and IR: Playing at Method
– Nick Robinson
Military Videogames, Geopolitics and Methods
– Daniel Bos
Collage: An Art-Inspired Methodology for Studying Laughter in World Politics
– Saara Särmä
What Does (the Study of) World Politics Sound Like?
– Matt Davies and M.I. Franklin
Imperial Imaginaries: Employing Science Fiction to Talk about Geopolitics
– Robert A. Saunders
The Challenges of Teaching Popular Culture and World Politics
– Kyle Grayson
Pedagogy and Pop Culture: Pop Culture as Teaching Tool and Assessment Practice
– William Clapton