LEADER 03669nam 22007095 450 001 9910338054403321 005 20250610110032.0 010 $a9783030013400 010 $a3030013405 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-01340-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007102910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5567646 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-01340-0 035 $a(PPN)259454257 035 $a(Perlego)3493605 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30159097 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007102910 100 $a20181024d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPolitical Scandal and American Pop Culture $eSex, Power, and Cover-Ups /$fby Jim Twombly 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (170 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Pivot 311 08$a9783030013394 311 08$a3030013391 327 $a1. Introduction and Definitions -- 2. Watergate and its Legacy -- 3. Koreagate, Abscam, and Iran-Contra -- 4. From Monkey Business to Monicagate: Hijinks on the High Seas, Whitewater, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, and the Rise of FOXNews -- 5. Governors Gone Wild: Buying Sex, Selling Senate Seats, And Hiking the Appalachian Trail -- 6. What's in the Water on Capitol Hill? -- 7. Clinton Scandals - 21st Century Version, but not Bill -- 8. Drinking from the Firehose: Trump, Social Media, and Late Night Comedy -- 9. A Conclusion. . 330 $aThis book provides a newer definition of political scandal and applies it in a way to remove "ordinary corruption" from the discussion. It then defines pop culture and examines how scandal and pop culture interact. The discussion addresses the question: when does a scandal actually enter into our pop culture. The mechanisms or vehicles by which this occurs include editorial cartoons, Broadway shows, music, movies, television, and more. The first chapter lays out the two main definitions and gives a bit of historical background to the discussion that follows. Chapters 2 through 8 deal with scandals from Watergate to the Trump Administration and from presidents to members of Congress and governors. Chapter 9 ties all of the previous discussion together and makes an assessment of the contemporary state of scandal and pop culture. This book works well as a supplement in a course on American Government, in American Studies, and is aimed at a wide rangeof readers from college freshmen to more advanced scholars and political junkies. 410 0$aPalgrave pivot. 606 $aAmerica$xPolitics and government 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aCommunication 606 $aEthnology$zAmerica 606 $aCulture 606 $aAmerican Politics 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aPopular Culture 606 $aMedia and Communication 606 $aAmerican Culture 615 0$aAmerica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aPopular culture. 615 0$aCommunication. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aAmerican Politics. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aPopular Culture. 615 24$aMedia and Communication. 615 24$aAmerican Culture. 676 $a364.13230973 676 $a320.973 700 $aTwombly$b Jim$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01065268 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910338054403321 996 $aPolitical Scandal and American Pop Culture$92544253 997 $aUNINA