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Homer Simpson goes to Washington : American politics through popular culture / edited by Joseph J. Foy ; with a foreword by Stanley K. Schultz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--United States.
- Political participation.
- United States--Politics and government--Miscellanea.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Americans are turning to popular culture to make sense of the American political system, a trend that explains the success of television shows such as The Simpsons, The West Wing, The Daily Show, and Chapelle's Show and films such as Election, Bulworth, and Wag the Dog. In Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture, Joseph J. Foy has assembled a multidisciplinary team of scholars with backgrounds in political science, philosophy, law, cultural studies, and music. The essays tackle common assumptions about government and explain fundamental concepts such as c
- Contents:
- Front cover; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Aye on Springfield; 2 R for Revolution; 3 Political Culture and Public Opinion; 4 Congress, Corruption, and Political Culture; 5 The President as Hero; 6 Seeking Justice in America's Two-Tiered Legal System; 7 Madisonian Pluralism and Interest Group Politics; 8 Entertainment Media and Political Knowledge; 9 Broadcast News and the Movies; 10 Torture, Terrorism, and 24; 11 Civil Liberties v. Law and Order; 12 Influencing American Foreign Policy through Popular Music
- 13 Twentieth-Century American Folk Music and the Popularization of Protest14 Reevaluating Democracy in America; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612937392
- 9780813138916
- 0813138914
- 9781282937390
- 1282937391
- 9780813173115
- 0813173116
- OCLC:
- 262840219
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