Documenting World Politics: A Critical Companion to IR and Non-Fiction Film (Popular Culture and World Politics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138208191 ISBN 13: 9781138208193

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

As a central component of contemporary culture, films mirror and shape political debate. Reflecting on this development, scholars in the field of International Relations (IR) increasingly explore the intersection of TV series, fiction film and global politics. So far, however, virtually no systematic scholarly attention has been given to documentary film within IR.

This book fills this void by offering a critical companion to the subject aimed at assisting students, teachers and scholars of IR in understanding and assessing the various ways in which documentary films matter in global politics. The authors of this volume argue that much can be gained if we do not just think of documentaries as a window on or intervention in reality, but as a political epistemology that – like theories – involve particular postures, strategies and methodologies towards the world to which they provide access.

This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, popular culture and world politics and media studies alike.

About this title

About the Author

Casper Sylvest is Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Southern Denmark.

Rens Van Munster is Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138208191
• ISBN 13: 9781138208193
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Van Munster Rens