The post-liberal imagination : political scenes from the American cultural landscape /

• Main Author: Baum, Bruce David, 1960- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Liberalism > United States.; Popular culture > Political aspects > United States.; Political culture > United States.; United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.; United States > Politics and government > 2009-; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781137560346 (e-book)

"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 politics. Through analyzing movies, television, and popular music, the author discusses how these cultural productions illuminate notable political scenes of the American cultural landscape. In so doing, he provokes us to rethink the liberal notions - or liberal imaginings - of democracy, equality, racism, dissent, and animal rights"--