Overview

In 2008 another economic crisis emerged in the long history of capitalism which created a period of ‘austerity economics’ across many nations. Cultural Politics in the Age of Austerity examines how austerity has impacted upon cultural politics in relation to understanding how established power is both maintained and challenged. The book begins by detailing the meaning of cultural politics before exploring themes such as media discourse, austerity narratives, class, cultural hegemony/government policymaking, social movements and the European Union, and left responses to austerity. It also includes chapters tracing cultural politics in Spain, with a focus on anti-austerity movements and the relationship between austerity and Spanish football. Cultural Politics in the Age of Austerity assesses the impact of a range of cultural/political forms concerning the dynamics of society and relations of power during times of crisis. As such, it will appeal to scholars of culture, media, politics, philosophy, sociology and social psychology.

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Author:   David Berry
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781472434883

ISBN 10:   1472434889
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   06 April 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Notes on contributors Preface by David Berry Cultural politics, austerity and responsesDavid Berry Unmasking the golem: English riots, media and the social psychology of madnessGlen Parkinson Remembrance and the working class soldier hero in austerity BritainMaggie Andrews ‘We have to keep going, whatever happens’: the austerity narratives of Girls, Breaking Bad and Downton AbbeySallie McNamara Managing the social impacts of austerity Britain: the cultural politics of neo-liberal ‘nudging’Emma L. Briant and Steven Harkins Class and cultural colonization in the era of austerity: the dialectics of identity and de-subordinationMark Hayes The European Union project, social movements and alienationDavid Berry Cultural politics anti-austerity movements in Spain: towards a comprehensive strategy of changeJoan Pedro The sweet smell of success: Spanish football as the antidote to austerity since 2008Jim O'Brien Orwell's progeny: the British left in an age of austerityPhilip Bounds Index

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David Berry is Senior Lecturer in Media, Communication and Culture at Southampton Solent University, UK, and the author of The Romanian Mass Media and Cultural Development and Journalism, Ethics and Society. He is the co-author of Public Policy and Media Organizations, the co-editor of Radical Mass Media Criticism: A Cultural Genealogy and British Marxism and Cultural Studies: Essays on a living tradition, and the editor of Ethics and Media Culture: Representations and Practices and Revisiting the Frankfurt School: Essays on Media, Culture and Theory.

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