How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-38130-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

This book examines US foreign policy toward the so-called 'rogue states' and the products of the Hollywood film industry in relation to these states, which promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'soft power' that is popular culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Totman, S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; G.Scudder The End of the Cold War: Rogue States and their Characteristics The Islamic Republic of Iran The Republic of Cuba The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya The Republic of Iraq The Democratic People's Republic of Korea The Republic of Sudan The Syrian Arab Republic Appendix I: Transcripts of President Clinton's Two Speeches Following the US Air Strikes against Sudan and Afghanistan Appendix II: Examples of Hollywood Films that Have and Have Not Received Pentagon Assistance

Über Autor(innen)

SALLY TOTMAN is aLecturer in Middle Eastern Studies in the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University, Australia.