THE CURRENCY OF FANTASY
THE CURRENCY OF FANTASY
DISCOURSES OF POPULAR CULTURE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Author(s): Ningchuan WangSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, International relations/trade, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Popular Culture; Discourse; International Relations; Harry Potter
Summary/Abstract: 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 popculture 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.
Journal: International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal (IS)
- Issue Year: 15/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 21-33
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English