How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination : Capitalism and Its Alternatives in Film and Television - Eugene Nulman

How Popular Culture Destroys Our Political Imagination

Capitalism and Its Alternatives in Film and Television

By: Eugene Nulman

Paperback | 29 November 2024

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How Popular Culture Destroys our Political Imagination: Capitalism and its Alternatives in Film and Television explores the representations of capitalism, the state, and their alternatives in popular screen media texts.

Acknowledging the problems that stem systemically from capitalism and the state, this book investigates an often-overlooked reason for why society struggles to imagine alternative economic and political systems in our neoliberal age: popular culture. The book analyzes over 400 screen media texts in search of critiques and alternative representations of these systems and demonstrates the ways in which film and television shape the way we collectively see the world and imagine our political futures. It suggests that popular culture is the answer to the question of why it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.

Contributing to the areas of sociology, media studies, and utopian studies, this book provides insights into the topic of popular culture and politics in a theoretically informed and entertaining manner. The book will be useful to both students and scholars interested in these topics, as well as activists and organizers seeking to make the world a better place.

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