cosmopolitanism, consumerism, and television in a neoliberal age /
Toby Miller.
Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (ix, 236 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-228) and index.
What is cultural citizenship? -- Television terror: being ignorant, living in Manhattan -- Television food: from Brahmin Julia to working-class Emeril -- Television weather: tomorrow will be-- risky and disciplined.
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What does it mean to be a "citizen" today, in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? In this passionate and dazzling book, Toby Miller dares to answer this question with the depth of thought it deserves. Fast-moving and far-ranging, Cultural Citizenship blends fact, theory, observation, and speculation in a way that continually startles and engages the reader. Although he is unabashedly liberal in his politics, Miller is anything but narrow minded. He looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as "infotainment"--Such as Food and Weather channels-to see how U.S. TV is serving its citizens as part of "the global commodity chain." Repeatedly revealing the crushing grip of the invisible hand of television, Miller shows us what we have given up in our drive to acquire and to "belong." For far too long, "cultural citizenship" has been a concept invoked without content. With the publication of this book, it has at last been given flesh and substance.
JSTOR
OverDrive, Inc.
22573/ctt143h2xp
B823DB75-BB5F-4C6C-BE50-9313A660319D
Cultural citizenship.
9781592135608
Consumption (Economics)-- United States.
Culture-- Study and teaching-- United States.
Mass media-- United States.
Culture-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
Culture-- Étude et enseignement-- États-Unis.
Médias-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
Société de consommation-- États-Unis.
Télévision-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
Consumption (Economics)
Culture-- Study and teaching.
Mass media.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.