The "War on terror" narrative
Subtitle: discourse and intertextuality in the construction and contestation of sociopolitical reality
By: Adam Hodges
Series: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics; Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780199759590; 9780199759583
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Critical discourse analysis; Language; Intertextuality; Discourse analysis; Sociolinguistics; Political aspects
Description: The 'War on Terror' Narrative provides a longitudinal and holistic study of the formation, circulation, and contestation of the Bush administration's narrative about the 'war on terror.'
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The characterization of 9/11 and America's response to terrorism; title: The narrative's part-whole textual interdependence; title: The construction of Al Qaeda and Iraq as linked antagonists; title: Intertextual series : reproduction and resistance in the media; title: Talking politics : the narrative's reception among college students; title: Whose Vietnam? : discursive competition over the Vietnam analogy; title: Conclusion.