Doing Democracy: Activist Art and Cultural Politics

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments We would like to thank our editor at SUNY Press, Beth Bouloukos, and her assistant, Rafael Chaiken, for their assistance in bringing this project to fruition. We would also like to thank the progressive scholars and activists of the Caucus for a New Political Science for demonstrating that activism and scholarly rigor are compatible. The following chapters are revised from original articles in a special issue on “Art After Empire: Creating the Political Economy of a New Democracy,” New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture 32, no. 4 (2010), copyright © Caucus for a New Political Science, by permission of Taylor & Francis Ltd., www.tandfonline.com on behalf of Caucus for a New Political Science. Chapter 1. “Introduction: Art, Culture, Democracy,” Nancy S. Love and Mark Mattern, revised from “Introduction,” 463–69. Chapter 2.“Photo-Activism in the Digital Age:Visions from Rio de Janeiro,” Frank Möller, revised from “Photography after Empire: CitizenPhotographers or Snappers on Autopilot?,” 501–13. Chapter 5. “The National D-Day Memorial: An American Military Monument as ‘Doing Democracy,’”Timothy W. Luke, revised from “The National D-Day Memorial: Art, Empire, and Nationalism at an American Military Monument,” 547–59. Chapter 7. “Tragedy and Democracy: The Fate of Liberal Democratic Values in a Violent World,” Wairimu Njoya, revised from “‘Mindful of the Sacrifices Borne by Our Ancestors’: Terror, Historical Consciousness , and the Slave Sublime,” 575–91. Chapter 8. “‘You’re an American rapper, so what do you know?’ The Political Uses of British and U.S. Popular Culture by First-Time Voters in the United Kingdom,” Sanna Inthorn and John Street, revised from “‘You’re an American rapper, so what do you know?’ The P­ olitical ix x / acknowledgments Uses of British and US Popular Culture by First-Time Voters in the UK,” 471–84. Chapter 10.“Betrayed by Democracy:Verbatim Theater as Prefigurative Politics,” Mark Chou and Roland Bleiker, revised from “Dramatizing War: George Packer and the Democratic Potential of Verbatim Theater,” 561–74. Chapter 13. “Democracy despite Government: African American Parading and Democratic Theory,” Peter G. Stillman and Adelaide H. Villmoare, revised from “Democracy Despite Government:African American Parading and Democratic Theory,” 485–99. “Strange Fruit” (U.S. copyright permission): Words and Music by Lewis Allan. Copyright © 1939 (Renewed) by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP). All Rights for the United States controlled by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP). International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved . Used by Permission. “Strange Fruit” (International copyright permission): Written by Lewis Allan. Used by Permission of Edward B. Marks Music Company. ...