9/11 and the War on Terror - Couverture souple

Holloway, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0748633812 ISBN 13 : 9780748633814

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This interdisciplinary study of how 9/11 and the 'war on terror' were represented during the Bush era, shows how culture often functioned as a vital resource, for citizens attempting to make sense of momentous historical events that frequently seemed beyond their influence or control. Illustrated throughout, the book discusses representation of 9/11 and the war on terror in Hollywood film, the 9/11 novel, mass media, visual art and photography, political discourse, and revisionist historical accounts of American 'empire, ' between the September 11 attacks and the Congressional midterm elections in 2006. As well as prompting an international security crisis, and a crisis in international governance and law, David Holloway suggests the culture of the time also points to a 'crisis' unfolding in the institutions and processes of republican democracy in the United States. His book offers a cultural and ideological history of the period, showing how culture was used by contemporaries to debate, legitimise, qualify, contest, or repress discussion, about the causes, consequences and broader meanings of 9/11 and the war on terror.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Holloway is a Senior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Derby. He is author of The Late Modernism of Cormac McCarthy, and co-editor of American Visual Cultures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748633812
• ISBN 13: 9780748633814
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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