Political Education and American Studies

edited by Astrid Franke, Uwe Kuchler and Katharina Luther

Book cover: Political Education and American Studies

Extent: 279 pages

Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter

Subjects: Literary Studies, Social Sciences 

Series: American Studies - A Monograph Series

Series volume number: 324

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 2025)

ISBN: 9783825396152

5.28 x 8.27 inches

Price: $66.00

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With surges of authoritarian movements in both Europe and the United States, political education is a prominent and urgent topic. Given the long-held assumption in the United States that political education is not only, perhaps not even primarily, about theories of governance but rather about practices, habits, and a way of living together – in other words: a phenomenon of culture – the scholarship collected in this volume looks at novels and essays, caricatures and comics, zines and TV series, podcasts and LPs to examine political issues their creators wanted to educate their audience about. These include, for instance, copyright law, trade unions and economic mechanisms, anti-racism, questions of leadership, and climate change. What stands out is the relative insignificance of the nation state and perhaps democracy as useful frameworks; instead, the focus is on popular media, on contributing to building cultural memories, and frequently on pedagogy itself.

  • Edited by Astrid Franke
  • Edited by Uwe Kuchler
  • Edited by Katharina Luther