1st Edition

Nationalism and Popular Culture

Edited By Tim Nieguth Copyright 2020
192 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

How do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national identity and national belonging stems, in part, from the ways in which nationalism is embedded in popular culture. Comprised of chapters covering a wide range of cases from both the Global North and Global South (including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, Pakistan,... Read more

1. Popular Culture and Quotidian Nationalism
Tim Nieguth
Geopolitics
2. Donut Nation: Tim Hortons and Canadian Identity
Yasmeen Abu-Laban
3. Völkisch Vibes: Neofolk, Place, Politics, and Pan-European Nationalism
Robert A. Saunders
Membership
4. Contemporary Israeli Television Challenges National Traumas
Adia Mendelson-Maoz and Liat Steir-Livny
5. The Burka and Beyond: Burka Avenger, Muslim Women, and Pakistani National Identity
Lena Saleh
6. triple J’s Hottest 100: Australia’s Largest Music Democracy?
Jennifer Phillips
Flows
7. Transnational Laughter: Reception and Conservative Policies of Transposition. The Case of The Nanny and Married with Children
Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
8. Understanding Nationalism in Popular Culture through the Lenses of Affect and Circulation
Emily West
Contestation
9. "Nothing Here Is What It Seems": Firefly, Anti-Statism, and American National Identity
Tim Nieguth

Biography

Tim Nieguth is Associate Professor of Political Science at Laurentian University. His research centres on nationalism, popular culture, and state apologies; his work has been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Nations & Nationalism, and Space & Polity, among others. Dr. Nieguth is the editor of The Politics of Popular Culture and co-editor of Investigating Shrek.