American Culture Transformed [electronic resource] : Dialing 9/11 /
Tucker, B.author.
Walton, P.author.
The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification.
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Heroes, Hype, and History; The times they are a'changin'; The star system; Millennial politics; The facts: September 11, 2001; Poetry after Auschwitz?; Vonnegut is dead! Long live Vonnegut!; Portraying trauma; 2 Spinning and Counter-Spinning Jessica Lynch and Lynndie England; Other stories; Unofficial stories; From Hollywood to home; Women in the military: Hollywood's army; Women and the military: feminist and anti-feminist arguments; An Appalachian story; Stories within stories; War stories; An imperial captivity narrative
Abu Ghraib: narratives of corruption and empireA few rotten apples; Anomalies?; Outrage!; The good, the bad and the ugly?; Violence; Other interpretations; Frames; Damage control; 3 Corporate Complications; Martha: the media and the mogul; Women and 9/11; The media and the mogul; Cookbooks and catering; The "Stewies"; Trial and error; Interval: from blahniks to burkas; From burkas to bags; "Anti-diva spite"? Or self-recognition?; Release and redemption?; Apprenticing for Martha Stewart; Postmodern finances and bankruptcies of meaning; The postmodernity of Enron; The jewel in the crown?
Virtual energySpecial party entities or superb personal earnings?; "Liquidization"; The spin; 4 Sometimes Paranoia Is Just Common Sense: Leaving Behind Da Vinci; Wardrobe malfunctions; Everything & nothing; Cracking "the code"; "The greatest story ever told is the greatest story ever sold" (267); "The greatest cover-up in human history" (249); "[I've been] serious enough to have spent a year researching it" (163); "Everyone loves a conspiracy" (169); "The Christian church was to be carried on by a woman?" (248); She for God in him; Rewriting the code; Fact or fiction?; The law and the code
Filming the codeLeft Behind; The Rapture; The End Times continue; Patriarchal paradoxes?; The series' revelations; Fixity and Faludi; May the force be with you; 5 A Movie and a Funeral: Michael Moore and Ronald Reagan circa 2004; The funeral; The new Reaganism; The legacy; The movie; The political terrain; Counter-discourse; Truth or consequences?; Globalization?; The temperature at which freedom burns; Conclusion: Fast Forward; Notes; List of Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification.
Communication.
Civilization-History.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Motion pictures and television.
Cultural studies.
Media Studies.
Cultural History.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Media Research.
Screen Studies.
Cultural Studies.