Nationalism and Popular Culture

<p>How do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national identity and national belonging stems in part from the ways in which nationalism is embedded in popular culture.</p><p></p><p>Comprised of chapters covering a wide range of cases from both the Global North and Global South (including Argentina Australia Canada Europe Israel Pakistan and the United States) the text unpacks the connections between nationalism and film television music and other facets of everyday culture. In doing so it demonstrates that popular culture can help us understand why and how nationhood has become so deeply entrenched in modern society.</p><p></p><p>This book will be of interest to scholars of political science nationalism sociology history media studies and cultural studies.</p>