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From entertainment to citizenship : politics and popular culture
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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. T...
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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- Creator
- John Street, Sanna Inthorn and Martin Scott
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- vii, 163 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1781706123, 1784993956, 0719085381, 9780719085383, 1526102951, 9781784993955, 9781526102959, 9781781706121
- OCLC
- ocn966793978, ocn864548413
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-160) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Youth -- Political activity -- Great Britain.
- Young adults -- Political activity -- Great Britain.
- Popular culture -- Political aspects -- Great Britain.
- Popular culture -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
- Youth -- Great Britain.
- Politics and culture -- Great Britain.
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century.