Homer Simpson marches on Washington
Subtitle: dissent through American popular culture
By: edited by Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy ; foreword by Kate Mulgrew
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780813125800
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The revolution Is being televised: the case for popular culture as public sphere  -- Timothy M. Dale; title: The Daily Show and the politics of truth  -- Jamie Warner; title: Mr. Smith goes to the movies: images of dissent in American cinema  -- Beth Wielde Heidelberg, David Schultz; title: The truth is still out there: The X-files and 9/11  -- Paul A. Cantor; title: Unpacking the House: images of heroism against the regulatory state  -- Sara R. Jordan, Phillip W. Gray; title: "I learned prison is a bad place to be": 25th hour and reimagining incarceration  -- Peter Caster; title: Riveted to Rosie: O'Donnell's queer politics and controversial antics on ABC's The View  -- Katherine Lehman; title: "Gabbin' about God": religion, secularity, and satire on The Simpsons  -- Matthew Henry; title: It came from planet earth: eco-horror and the politics of postenvironmentalism in The Happening  -- Joseph J. Foy; title: Raising the red flag: culture, labor, and the left, 1880-1920  -- Jeffrey A. Johnson; title: Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam: the evolution of protest songs in popular music from Vietnam to Iraq  -- Jerry Rodnitzky; title: Hip-hop and representin': power, voice, and identity  -- Tanji Gilliam; title: "Things in this country are gonna change pretty fast": dissent, mobilization, and the politics of Jericho  -- Isabel Pinedo; title: It's not funny 'cause it's true: the mainstream media's response to media satire in the Bush years  -- Carl Bergetz; title: Gender, the final frontier: revisiting Star Trek: the next generation -- Diana M. A. ReIke.