From entertainment to citizenship : politics and popular culture / John Street, Sanna Inthorn and Martin Scott

Author: Street, John, 1952-
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date: ©2013
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 163 pages)
Additional Creators: Inthorn, Sanna and Scott, Martin, 1982-

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1. Introduction -- 2. Politics and popular culture -- 3. Citizenship and popular culture -- 4. Researching young people, politics and popular culture -- 5. Points of engagement: reading the politics within popular culture -- 6. Real power -- 7. Young citizens and celebrity politicians -- 8. Altogether now: creating collective identities -- 9. Playing with citizenship -- 10. Conclusion.

Summary

It explores how young people connect the pleasures of popular culture to the world at large. For them, popular culture is not simply a matter of escapism and entertainment, but of engagement too. The place of popular culture in politics, and its contribution to democratic life, has too often been misrepresented or misunderstood.

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9781781706121 (electronic book)
1781706123 (electronic book)
9781526102959 (electronic book)
1526102951 (electronic book)
9780719085383 (hardback)
0719085381 (hardback)
9781784993955 (paperback)
1784993956 (paperback)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-160) and index.

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