Uses Harry Potter and the Hunger Games to illuminate IR and peace and conflict issues

Combines pop culture, politics and peacebuilding

Offers a new framework for thinking about global youth activism and peace

Autorentext

Siobhán McEvoy-Levy is Professor of Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies at Butler University in Indianapolis, USA.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Reading Popular Culture for Peace: Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 3: What We Talk About When We Talk About Youth.- Chapter 4: Reading War and Peace in Harry Potter.- Chapter 5: Harry Potter in Guantanamo: Gothic War/Peace From Bush to Obama.- Chapter 6: Reading Peace Beyond Trauma, Resistance and Hope in The Hunger Games.- Chapter 7: Youth Revolts, Neo-Liberal Memorialization, and the Contradictions of Consumable Peace.- Chapter 8: Katniss in Fallujah: War Stories, Post-War and Post-Sovereign Peace in Fan Fiction.- Chapter 9: Sanctuaries, Solidarities and Boundary Crossings: Empathetic Justice and Plural/Personal Peacebuilding in Fan Fiction.- Chapter 10: Fan Activism, Symbolic Rebellions and the Magic of Mythical Thinking.- Chapter 11: Entertaining Peace: Conclusion and Thoughts on A Research Agenda.