| Description |
xiii, 242 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-238) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula, and Karen Randell -- (Re)creating language. Fear, terrorism and popular culture / David L. Altheide -- The aesthetics of destruction : contemporary US cinema and TV culture / Mathias Nilges -- 9/11, British Muslims, and popular literary fiction / Sara Upstone -- Left behind in America : the army of one at the end of history / Jonathan Vincent -- 9/11, manhood, mourning, and the American romance / John Mead -- An early broadside : the far right raids Master and commander : the far side of the world / Jeff Birkenstein -- The sound of the "war on terror" / Corey K. Creekmur -- Visions of war and terror. Avatars of destruction : cheerleading and deconstructing the "war on terror" in video games / David Annandale -- The land of the dead and the home of the brave : Romero's vision of a post 9/11 America / Terence McSweeney -- Superman is the faultline : fissures in the monomythic Man of steel / Alex Evans -- The tools and toys of (the) war (on terror) : consumer desire, military fetish and regime change in Batman begins / Justine Toh -- "It was like a movie" : the impossibility of representation in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center / Karen Randell -- The contemporary politics of the western form : Bush, Saving Jessica Lynch, and Deadwood / Stacy Takacs -- Prophetic Narratives. Governing fear in the Iron cage of rationalism : Terry Gilliam's Brazil through the 9/11 looking glass / David H. Price -- -- Cultural anxiety, moral clarity and willful amnesia : filming Philip K. Dick after 9/11 / Lance Rubin -- Prolepsis and the "war on terror" : zombie pathology and the culture of fear in 28 days later / Anna Froula -- Afterword / John G. Cawelti. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
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Terrorism in motion pictures.
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Psychic trauma in motion pictures.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Influence.
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Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Terrorism and mass media -- United States.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in mass media.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Birkenstein, Jeff.
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Froula, Anna.
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Randell, Karen.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781441111326 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1441111328 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781441119056 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1441119051 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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