{"product_id":"states-of-emergency-essays-on-culture-and-politics-paperback-softback-9780253010193","title":"States of Emergency; Essays on Culture and Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253010193","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStates of Emergency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Culture and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick M. Brantlinger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253010193\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched (with full footnotes and bibliography), carefully thought out, and eloquently argued, [States of Emergency] offer[s] a refreshing relief from the babble of mainstream social and political commentary, and a source of hopeful vision against the varied voices of apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Ryder)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his latest book, Patrick Brantlinger probes the state of contemporary America. Brantlinger takes aim at neoliberal economists, the Tea Party movement, gun culture, immigration, waste value, surplus people, the war on terror, technological determinism, and globalization. An invigorating return to classic cultural studies with its concern for social justice and challenges to economic orthodoxy, States of Emergency is a delightful mix of journalism, satire, and theory that addresses many of the most pressing issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eI. Class Conflicts\u003cbr\u003e1. Cultural Studies and Class War\u003cbr\u003e2. \"It's the Economy, Stupid!\"\u003cbr\u003e3. Tea Party Brewhaha\u003cbr\u003e4. Shooters\u003cbr\u003e5. What's the Matter with Mexico?\u003cbr\u003e6. Waste and Value: Thorstein Veblen and H. G. Wells\u003cbr\u003eII. Postmodern Conditions\u003cbr\u003e7. Shopping on Red Alert: The Rhetorical Normalization of Terror\u003cbr\u003e8. The State of Iraq\u003cbr\u003e9. On the Postmodernity of Being Aboriginal—and Australian\u003cbr\u003e10. McLuhan, Crash Theory, and the Invasion of the Nanobots\u003cbr\u003e11. Army Surplus: Notes on \"Exterminism\"\u003cbr\u003e12. World Social Forum: Multitude versus Empire?\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523888214296,"sku":"9780253010193","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/states-of-emergency-essays-on-culture-and-politics-paperback-softback-9780253010193","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}