Thinking Popular Culture
War, Terrorism and Writing

A book about war and popular culture, and war in popular culture. It challenges the assumptions of war, whiteness, Christianity, masculinity, modernity and progress that have dominated our lives since September 11.

It welcomes those who ask difficult questions of those in power. Addressing the lack of imagination and dissent that characterises this new century, it is essential reading for any scholar of cultural studies and popular culture, media and journalism, creative writing and terrorism studies.

Introduction: interventions in/denial
Thinking: Google is white bread for the mind
Stop crying - start thinking
Coalition of the guilty
The 8th deadly sin
When Paris became a celebrity, not a city
Free Wiki (but what is the cost?)
It's only food, dude
Crazy frog capitalism
What are the young people wearing?
You've been Jaded. Design: The last punk
Mad about the boy (London)
Handbag nation
A game you play with your brain: philosophy football
Punking yoga
Kindle surprise. Sonic: 2bars
As cool as the crickets
It's not easy being Johnny Cash
Play great leap forward, you bastard
Singing a city
Downloading democracy
I know I won
t be leaving here with the Archduke
I'm with stupid. Visions: What have you ever done on the telly?
Pree-sen-na kul-cha
I don't believe you. You're a liar
Bad wolf
28.06.42.12
Life, death and disco
Winds of change
Conclusion: cut Elvis
Index.