Homer Simpson Ponders Politics: Popular Culture as Political Theory

It is often said that the poet Homer ""educated"" ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of notable scholars who argue, quite persuasively, that Homer Simpson and his ilk are educating America and offering insights into the social order and the human condition. Following Homer Simpson Goes to Washington (winner of the John G. Cawelti Award for Best Textbook or Primer on American and Popular Culture) and Homer Simpson Marches on Washington, this exceptional volume

Author: Joseph J. Foy
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 05/01/2013
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.35h x 6.44w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780813141473

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2013

About the Author

Joseph J. Foy, associate campus dean and associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin--Waukesha, is the editor of Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture and coeditor of Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture.

Timothy M. Dale, assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse, is coeditor of Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture.

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