Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity (Human Geography in the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Applications)

Now in a thoroughly revised edition, this innovative and engaging text surveys the field of popular geopolitics, exploring the relationship between popular culture and international relations from a geographical perspective. Jason Dittmer and Daniel Bos connect global issues with the questions of identity and subjectivity that we feel as individuals, arguing that who we think we are influences how we understand the world. Building on the strengths of the first edition, each chapter focuses on a specific theme-such as representation, audience, and affect-by explaining the concept and then outlining some of the emerging debates that have revolved around it. New and updated case studies-including heritage and social media-help illustrate the significance of the concepts and capture the ways popular culture shapes our understandings of geopolitics within everyday life. Students will enjoy the text's accessibility and colorful examples, and instructors will appreciate the way the book brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary literature and makes it understandable and relevant. Review This book could inform media research on pop culture in relation to political geography.--Communication Booknotes Quarterly Jason Dittmer's original work has been greatly enhanced by the contributions of Daniel Bos, producing an up-to-date, insightful, and provocative text that reflects the increasing and now undeniable relevance of popular culture in world politics. The new version covers major developments from Trump's 'reality television presidency' to the advent of 'clicktivism, ' giving the reader multiple vectors from which to assess, interpret, and/or critique the interplay between power, pop culture, policy, and politics. With a new chapter dedicated to methodologies and modalities, as well as expanded analysis of social media and other less studied elements of popular culture, the second edition is a welcome addition to the scholarship of popular geopolitics. Written in straightforward language and employing a plethora of timely and relevant examples, this new edition is perfect for use in undergraduate classes but is also of interest to postgrads and researchers alike.--Robert Saunders, Farmingdale State College-SUNY Thoroughly updated for our geopolitically uncertain times but retaining the accessibility, clarity, and sparkle of the first edition, this is a must-read for those who want to understand the entanglements of politics and popular culture.--Joanne Sharp, University of Glasgow Popular Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity is back! This time there is a dynamic duo--Dittmer and Bos. The new edition preserves the accessible and engaging style of the first edition but takes the reader on an updated tour of this exciting interdisciplinary field. Highly recommended.--Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway University of London; author of Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction About the Author Jason Dittmer is professor of political geography at University College London. Daniel Bos is departmental lecturer in human geography at the University of Oxford.