Culture, Crisis and America's War on Terror
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780521687331
Subjects: American studies; International relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Anthropology - Cultural; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Political Science / General; Mass media and the war; Social aspects; Terrorism; United States; War on Terrorism, 2001-
Description: "Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the determination to strike back against it has become a topic of enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed not only through American politics but via other channels including the media, the church, music, novels, films and television, and therefore permeates many aspects of American life. Stuart Croft suggests that the process of this production of knowledge has created a very particular form of common sense which shapes relationships, jokes and even forms of tattoos. Understanding how a social process of crisis can be mapped out and how that process creates assumptions allows policy-making in America's war on terror to be examined from new perspectives. Using international relations approaches together with insights from cultural studies, this book develops a dynamic model of crisis which seeks to understand the war on terror as a cultural phenomenon."--Jacket.