Jim Twombly

Political Scandal and American Pop Culture (eBook, PDF)

Sex, Power, and Cover-Ups

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a newer definition of political scandal and applies it in a way to remove "ordinary corruption" from the discussion. It then defines pop culture and examines how scandal and pop culture interact. The discussion addresses the question: when does a scandal actually enter into our pop culture. The mechanisms or vehicles by which this occurs include editorial cartoons, Broadway shows, music, movies, television, and more. The first chapter lays out the two main definitions and gives a bit of historical background to the discussion that follows. Chapters 2 through 8 deal with scandals from Watergate to the Trump Administration and from presidents to members of Congress and governors. Chapter 9 ties all of the previous discussion together and makes an assessment of the contemporary state of scandal and pop culture.

This book works well as a supplement in a course on American Government, in American Studies, and is aimed at a wide rangeof readers from college freshmen to more advanced scholars and political junkies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 167
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030013400
• Artikelnr.: 54423208

Autorenporträt

Jim Twombly is Professor of American Politics at Elmira College, USA. He is the author of The Progression of the American Presidency: Individuals, Empire, and Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2013), as well as a number of journal articles, book reviews, and conference papers. Dr. Twombly is also a political analyst on WENY-TV in Elmira.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction and Definitions.- Chapter 2: Watergate and its Legacy.- Chapter 3: Koreagate, Abscam, and Iran-Contra.- Chapter 4: From Monkey Business to Monicagate: Hijinks on the high seas, Whitewater, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy and the Rise of Fox News.- Chapter 5: Governors Gone Wild: Buying Sex, Selling Senate Seats, and Hiking the Appalachian Trail.- Chapter 6: What's in the Water on Capitol Hill?.- Chapter 7: Clinton Scandals - 21st Century Version, but not Bill.- Chapter 8: Drinking from the Firehose: Trump, Social Media, and Late Night Comedy.- Chapter 9: Still Thirsty? More Firehose, but not January 6th.- Chapter 10: Hiding Behind the Robes: Clarence Thomas and Judicial Scandal.- Chapter 11: Lying in its Own Right, not Connected to Cover-ups: George Santos.- Chapter 12: Rudy Giuliani.- Chapter 13: The BIG Lie, Pop Culture, and Threats to American Democracy.- Chapter 14 : A Conclusion.