From entertainment to citizenship Politics and popular culture /
Street, John,1952-author.
Scott, Martin,1982-author.
Inthorn, Sanna,author.
From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them. 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. This book provides the evidence and analysis that
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Cover; From entertainment to citizenship; Contents; Acknowledgements; 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; Bibliography; Index
From entertainment to citizenship reveals how the young use shows like X-factor to comment on how power ought to be used, and how they respond to those pop stars - like Bono and Bob Geldof - who claim to represent them. 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. This book provides the evidence and analysis that
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.