Media and the Restyling of Politics: Consumerism, Celebrity and Cynicism

Corner, J. & Pels, D. (eds)

ISBN 10: 0761949216 / ISBN 13: 9780761949213

Published by Sage Publications Ltd, 2003

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. With slight and inoffensive markings, With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780761949213.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media and the Restyling of Politics: Consumerism, Celebrity and Cynicism
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761949216
• ISBN 13: 9780761949213
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science

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Synopsis

Within media research and cultural studies, the mediation of politicians and the play-off between versions of high and low politics are attracting increasing interest.

Media and the Restyling of Politics brings together the work of leading academics in media and cultural studies to pursue an agenda of research, analysis and debate about the changing nature of political culture and its mediation. The contributors question the ways in which emerging forms of political style relate not only to new conventions of celebrity and publicity but to ideas about representation, citizenship and the democratic process. Topics covered include: celebrity politicians, the marketing of politics, identity and popular culture.

About the Author

Dick Pels is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University, West London, and a Senior Research Affiliate of the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research. He is the author of Property and Power in Social Theory. A Study in Intellectual Rivalry(Routledge, 1998), The Intellectual as Stranger. Studies in Spokespersonship (Routledge, 2000) and Unhastening Science. Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social Theory of Knowledge (forthcoming Liverpool University Press, 2002). He has edited books on Bourdieu, basic income, and political style, and has widely published in international journals on social and political theory, the sociology of knowledge and intellectuals, and intellectual history. His current research interests are in theories of performativity and performance, the social status of ′things′, intellectuals and media, and the role of celebrity culture.