Book section : Chapter
Popular geopolitics
- Abstract:
- Popular geopolitics explores the construction and circulation of geopolitical narratives and imaginaries in media and popular culture. It sits within critical geopolitics, which is an area of political geography that also has interdisciplinary influences spanning politics, international relations, and media studies. This entry traces the origins, evolution, and future of popular geopolitics through seven influential articles which have shaped the field and reflect its core theoretical and conceptual debates, from a traditional interest in representation to an awareness of the material and affective realms and the importance of studying audiences, production, and the circulation of geopolitics in the everyday. It identifies authors who have pushed popular geopolitical research in new directions and outlines their central contributions. Telling the story of popular geopolitics in this way, despite some unavoidable omissions, enables readers to understand key concepts, chart shifting approaches over time, and envision avenues for future research.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.4337/9781803928821.00043
Authors
- Publisher:
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Host title:
- Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Geopolitics
- Pages:
- 145-148
- Chapter number:
- 36
- Series:
- Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series
- Publication date:
- 2026-01-13
- Edition:
- 1
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 9781803928821
- ISBN:
- 9781803928814
- Language:
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English
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- Subtype:
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Chapter
- Pubs id:
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2370567
- Local pid:
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pubs:2370567
- Deposit date:
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2026-02-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Alice Watson
- Copyright date:
- 2026
- Rights statement:
- © The Editor and Contributors Severally 2026.
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