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Within media research and cultural studies, the mediation of politicians and the play-off between versions of high and low politics are attracting increasing interest. Media and the Restyling of Politics brings together the work of leading academics in media and cultural studies to pursue an agenda of research, analysis and debate about the changing nature of political culture and its mediation. The contributors question the ways in which emerging forms of political style relate not only to new conventions of celebrity and publicity but to ideas about representation, citizenship and the democratic process. Topics covered include: celebrity politicians, the marketing of politics, identity and popular culture.
Democracy's Inner Voice: Political Style as Unintended Consequence of Political Action1
Democracy's Inner Voice: Political Style as Unintended Consequence of Political Action1
In any given case political style might be unimportant or dangerous, but obviously it can't be both. Robert Hariman, Political Style (1995)
The innere Stimme in Music and Politics
In Robert Schumann's Humoreske (1838) we encounter one of the most remarkable passages in the history of music. The historian of music Charles Rosen, in his brilliant The Romantic Generation (1996), wrote the following about this passage: ‘there are three staves: the uppermost for the right hand: the lowest for the left, the middle, which contains the melody, is not to be played’. Hence, the pianist plays with right and left hands the accompaniment of a melody ...
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