Dear Colleague,
this special issue focuses on German politics and popular culture. Please visit the Berghahn website for more information about the journal: https://www.berghahnjournals.com/gps.
Volume 39, Issue 4 German Politics and Popular Culture Guest Editor: Niko Switek
Introduction
Using Popular Culture to Trace and Assess Political Change Niko Switek https://bit.ly/3J8D5gy
Articles
A Few Bad Apples or the Logic of Capitalism?: Neoliberal Globalization in the Economic Crime Drama Since the Millennial Turn Sabine von Dirke https://bit.ly/3eg0y16
TV Journalism, Infotainment, and Reality TV: “Team Wallraff,” “Undercover Boss,” and the 2014 Burger King Scandal in Germany (As Seen on TV!) Jörg Neuheiser https://bit.ly/3snFgr0
Staying Local, Going Global: Sustaining German Culture in “Dark” Times Annika Orich https://bit.ly/3GYnDBP
Political Comedy as Fuel for Populist Rhetoric?: Representations of Politicians and Institutions in the German TV Shows “Eichwald MdB” and “Ellerbeck” Niko Switek https://bit.ly/3yKoZNO
Invoking the “Yolocaust”?: German Memory Politics, Cultural Criticism, and Contemporary Popular Arts Ralph Buchenhorst https://bit.ly/3peCySH
Transnational Politics in Video Games: The Case of German Military Intervention in “Spec Ops: The Line” Justin Court https://bit.ly/30Nz684