Boundaries of Dissent: Protest and State Power in the Media Age

by Bruce D'Arcus

Overview

Boundaries of Dissent looks at the way that political protest, as it is shaped through the space-time collapsing power of media, questions national identity and state authority. Through this lens of protest politics, Bruce D'Arcus examines how public and private space is symbolically mediated-the way that power and dissent are articulated in the contemporary media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134728442
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	206
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bruce D'Arcus is Assistant Professor at Miami University (Ohio) and received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Spaces of Dissent 3 1968 4 Wounded Knee 5 Elián González and the Geopolitics of Home 6 Free Trade and Fences 7 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"Bruce D'Arcus examines "spectacles of dissent" to re-think how political spaces in the contemporary world are produced, contested and mediated. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, he demonstrates that sophisticated spatial analyses of protests, demonstrations, and riots reveal the political capacity of democratic citizenship and the challenges new media present both for state authorities and political dissidents. Lively, thoughtful, and optimistic, Boundaries of Dissent is a powerful, grounded work of cultural and political theory." — David Farber Professor of History Temple University Author of Chicago '68 and Taken Hostage

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