How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination
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How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination

Capitalism and Its Alternatives in Film and Television

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eBook - ePub

How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination

Capitalism and Its Alternatives in Film and Television

About this book

How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination: Capitalism and its Alternatives in Film and Television explores the representations of capitalism, the state, and their alternatives in popular screen media texts.

Acknowledging the problems that stem systemically from capitalism and the state, this book investigates an often-overlooked reason for why society struggles to imagine alternative economic and political systems in our neoliberal age: popular culture. The book analyzes 455 screen media texts in search of critiques and alternative representations of these systems and demonstrates the ways in which film and television shape the way we collectively see the world and imagine our political futures. It suggests that popular culture is the answer to the question of why it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

Contributing to the areas of sociology, media studies, and utopian studies, this book provides insights into the topic of popular culture and politics in a theoretically informed and entertaining manner. The book will be useful to both students and scholars interested in these topics, as well as activists and organizers seeking to make the world a better place.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040184615
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Media Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Neoliberalism, TINA, and the Titanic Effects
  12. 2 Research Methods
  13. 3 Eight Limited Critiques of Capitalism and the State: Mapping the Terrain
  14. 4 Representations of Evil: A Cinematic Anthropology of Villains
  15. 5 Structural Critiques of Capitalism in Film and Television: Mr. Moneybags and the Hidden Abode
  16. 6 Representations of Crises, Colonialism, and Consumerism: Fat Cats, Starving Dogs, and Tulip Bulbs
  17. 7 Transferable Radicalness: Alternative Lifestyles in Film and Television
  18. 8 Radical Resistance in The Lego Movie: The Building Blocks of Utopia
  19. 9 Utopian Conclusions: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrowland
  20. Appendix: Films/Television Programs Analyzed
  21. Index