Homer Simpson Goes to Washington American Politics through Popular Culture 1st Edition by Joseph Foy 9780813173115 0813173116

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ISBN 10: 0813173116

ISBN 13: 9780813173115

Author: Joseph J. Foy

“Informative and entertaining . . . convincingly argue[s] that an interest in popular culture can counterbalance the growing tide of political apathy.” —Publishers Weekly   While pundits may accuse popular culture of brainwashing, indoctrinating, distracting, or dumbing down the masses, the fact is that Americans have long turned to entertainment sources to make sense of politics, through television shows such as The Simpsons, The West Wing, The Daily Show, and Chappelle’s Show and films such as Election, Bulworth, and Wag the Dog. In Homer Simpson Goes to Washington, Joseph J. Foy has assembled a multidisciplinary team of scholars with backgrounds in political science, philosophy, law, cultural studies, and music. Their essays tackle common assumptions about government and explain fundamental concepts such as civil rights, democracy, and ethics—through the lens of drama and comedy.

Table of contents:

Part 1. Setting the Stage: American Political Thought, Beliefs, and Culture

1. Aye on Springfield: Reasons to Vote “Yes” on Popular Culture

2. R For Revolution: Hobbes and Locke on Social Contracts and Scarlet Carsons

3. Political Culture and Public Opinion: The American Dream on Springfield’s Evergreen Terrace

Part 2. Cast and Crew: Actors and Institutions in American Government and Politics

4. Congress, Corruption, and Political Culture: Mr. Bulworth Goes to Washington

5. The President as Hero: Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Bartlet

6. Seeking Justice in America’s Two-Tiered Legal System: “I Plead the Fif”

7. Madisonian Pluralism and Interest Group Politics: Inhaling Democracy, Choking on Elitism

8. Entertainment Media and Political Knowledge: Do People Get Any Truth out of Truthiness?

9. Broadcast News and the Movies: Wagging Somebody’s Dog

Part 3. Lights, Camera, Politics: Contemporary Issues in American Government

10. Torture, Terrorism, and 24: What Would Jack Bauer Do?

11. Civil Liberties v. Law and Order: Exploring Responses to Terrorism in The Siege

12. Influencing American Foreign Policy through Popular Music: All the World’s a Stage

13. Twentieth-Century American Folk Music and the Popularization of Protest: Three Chords and the Truth

14. Reevaluating Democracy in America: Profound Disappointment, Profound Hope

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