Homer Simpson ponders politics : popular culture as political theory / edited by Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale ; foreword by Margaret Weis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foy, Joseph J.

Dale, Timothy M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture.

Popular culture--Political aspects.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is often said that the poet Homer ""educated"" ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of notable scholars who argue, quite persuasively, that Homer Simpson and his ilk are educating America and offering insights into the social order and the human condition.Following Homer Simpson Goes to Washington (winner of the John G. Cawelti Award for Best Textbook or Primer on American and Popular Culture) and Homer Simpson Marches on Washington, this exceptional volume reveals how books like J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter, mov

Contents:

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. A Tale of Two Republics; 2. Aristotle's Politics and the Virtues of Springfield; 3. ""Keep Your Friends Close but Your Enemies Closer""; 4. Social Contract; 5. Dwight Schrute and Servile Ambition; 6. Who Watches the Watchmen?; 7. Avatar, Marx, and the Alienation of Labor; 8. Nietzchean Narratives of Hero and Herd in Walt Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles; 9. Muggles, Magic, and Misfits; 10. Feminism, Sexism, and the Small Screen; 11. From John Wayne to John McCLane; 12. J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again

13. ""Just Give Them the Internet""Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

9780813141510

0813141516

OCLC:

857938643