The Currency of Fantasy: Discourses of Popular Culture in International Relations
Dublin Core
Title
The Currency of Fantasy: Discourses of Popular Culture in International Relations
Subject
Popular Culture
Discourse
International Relations
Harry Potter
Description
The “facts” of international politics constitute the first-order representations of political life and can be reflected in popular entertainment as second-order or fictional representations. This article demonstrates that discourses of popular culture are powerful and implicated in International Relations (IR) studies. The article makes two correlated claims: the first is that the humanist and anthropological methodology often used to analyse pop culture could also be used to analyse international issues, if appropriately contextualized; the second claim is that a nation can manifest its ‘discourse’ in international politics via its popular culture, as soft power.
Creator
Wang, Ningchuan
Source
International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal; Vol. 15 No. 1 (2013); 21-33
International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal; Tom 15 Nr 1 (2013); 21-33
2300-8695
1641-4233
Publisher
Lodz University Press
Date
2013-12-31
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Identifier
Citation
Ningchuan Wang, The Currency of Fantasy: Discourses of Popular Culture in International Relations, Lodz University Press, 2013, accessed October 11, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/3419