Resistprotest Media Amp Popularpb - Protest Media and Popular Culture in the Brexit-trump Era

This collection explores the politics, protest and resistance in recent popular culture and unpicks the significance of tv shows, music and celebrity culture that have played a critical role in exploring, critiquing and shaping contemporary society.

List of contents

Introduction

Part 1: Hashtag Activism, the Celebrity Politician and Celebrities in Politics

1. 'I miss the old Kanye': Keeping Up with Kanye, Kim and President Donald Trump, Giuliana Monteverde and Victoria McCollum

2. Unlikely Heroes? - Celebrity Activism in Times of Trump and Brexit, Sabrina Mittermeier

Part 2: Political Fiction, Fictional Politicians and Unbreakable Women

3. The Good Fight: The Subtle Dance of Race, Gender, and Politics, Maria Cipriani

4. Feeling Unbreakable: TV Heroines in the Age of Trump, Jennie Carlsten

Part 3: American Dystopia, Brexit Dreams and Waking Nightmares: The Cultural Politics of Horror and the Spectacle of Violence in the Brexit-Trump Era

5. In Trump's America, The Handmaid's Tale Matters More Than Ever, Stephanie Adams

6. 'Outrage is Immediate but Moviemaking Takes Time': 2018 and Horror Cinema's Direct Response to President Donald Trump, Todd K Platts and Kibiriti Majuto

7. The Media and the Normalisation of Right-Wing Violence in the age of Brexit and Trump, Jason Lee

Part 4: Aesthetics of Protest: Visibility, Visual Culture and Creative Communication

8. A Sign of the Times: Humorous Slogans and Imagery in Modern Day Political Protest, Ellie Tomsett and Nathalie Weidhase

9. What Anti-Trump Protest Looks Like: Visual Analysis of Women's March, Marjon Kenis and Hedwig de Smaele

10. 'Sing an Angry Song': The Impact of Political Choirs in the UK, Barbara Henderson

Part 5: Respect Existence or Expect Resistance: Identity Politics and Power in Popular American Sport

11. The Evolution: Women's Power in the Populist Politics of Monday Night Raw, Samantha Kise

12. Taking the Knee and Taking to the Streets: Narratives of Respect and Disrespect in the Black Lives Matter Movement, Elaine Crory

Conclusion

About the author

Giuliana Monteverde is a Lecturer in Broadcast Production at Queens University, Belfast.

Victoria McCollum is a Lecturer in Cinematic Arts at Ulster University.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria McCollum, Giuliana Monteverde, Giuliana (EDT)/ Mccollum Monteverde
• Assisted by: Victoria McCollum (Editor), Giuliana Monteverde (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781786615718
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-571-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Experiments/On the Political
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Political structures: democracy