The post-liberal imagination : political scenes from the American cultural landscape / Bruce Baum.
"In The Post-Liberal Imagination, Bruce Baum approaches American liberalism 'in a critical spirit' by examining the relationship between popular culture and politics in the Bush-Obama era. The book explores how contemporary popular culture arguably plays a larger formative role in contemporary US po...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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| Physical Description: | x, 257 pages ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- 1. Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
- 2. Humpday, Soul Power, and the Politics of Hip
- 3. The Hero America Deserves? The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and the Liberalism of Fear
- 4. Apes, Humans, and Other animals: Project Nim and rise of the planet of the apes
- 5. Hollywood's Crisis of Capitalism: Inside Job, The Company Men, and the myth of a good capitalism
- 6. Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs's "Genius," and Mad Men: Reflections on the American Democratic Imagination
- 7. Hollywood on Race and Racism in the Age of Obama
- 8. President Barack Obama and the "White Problem."