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American empire and the arsenal of entertainment : soft power and cultural weaponization / by Eric M. Fattor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fattor, Eric M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture and globalization.
- International relations.
- Social aspects.
- United States--Relations.
- United States.
- Relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Social aspects.
- United States--Foreign public opinion.
- United States--Cultural policy.
- Cultural policy.
- Culture and globalization--United States.
- United States--In mass media.
- Communication--Political aspects--United States.
- Communication.
- Communication--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 224 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Summary:
- The concept of "Soft Power" is used to discuss how culture can assert dominance within international relations, but what if entertainment could be used as a weapon itself? Despite recent upheavals like the worldwide financial meltdown and the Arab Spring, organized global resistance to American power remains fragmented. Advanced communications technologies have played an essential role in the rise and persistence of American power, and in many respects, has been a "weapon" against rejection of American influence abroad. Armed with print media, theme parks, radio and television broadcasts, and now online platforms and social networking, American Empire in the twenty-first century has evolved with technological breakthroughs and must be understood through these new sources of power. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Legitimacy through Popular Entertainment: Bringing the British Empire to Life (1815-1945) 11
- 2 Overcoming Isolationism: Film, Radio, and the Rise of the American Empire (1898-1945) 55
- 3 Spreading Liberalism: Broadcasting, Consumerism, and the Maturity of the American Empire (1945-1968) 91
- 4 The Postindustrial Renewal: Guerillas, Partisans, and the Triumph of the American Empire (1965-1989) 127.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137387257
- 1137387254
- 1137387262
- 9781137387264
- OCLC:
- 863684257
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