Author : Tim Nieguth
Release : 2020-01-27
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 252/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nationalism and Popular Culture by : Tim Nieguth
Download or read book Nationalism and Popular Culture written by Tim Nieguth. This book was released on 2020-01-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national identity and national belonging stems, in part, from the ways in which nationalism is embedded in popular culture. Comprised of chapters covering a wide range of cases from both the Global North and Global South (including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, Pakistan, and the United States), the text unpacks the connections between nationalism and film, television, music, and other facets of everyday culture. In doing so, it demonstrates that popular culture can help us understand why and how nationhood has become so deeply entrenched in modern society. This book will be of interest to scholars of political science, nationalism, sociology, history, media studies, and cultural studies.