Homer Simpson Ponders Politics: Popular Culture as Political Theory - Hardcover

by Joseph J. Foy (Editor), Timothy M. Dale (Editor), Margaret Weis (Foreword by)

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 Biography

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.