War of Words: Language, Politics and 9/11
Autor Sandra Silbersteinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 iul 2004
- the attacks on critical intellectuals for their perceived 'blame America first' attitude
- the symbiotic relationship between terrorists and the media
- (mis)representations of Al Qaeda and the Taliban used to justify military action
- the commercialisation of September 11th
- news as 'entertainment' when covering tragic events.
A perceptive and disturbing account, War of Words reveals the role of the media in manufacturing events and illuminates the shifting sands of American collective identity in the post September 11th world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415336246
ISBN-10: 0415336244
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415336244
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and UndergraduateCuprins
1. Terror or War? The War on Terror 2. Becoming President 3. From News to Entertainment: Eyewitness Accounts 4. New York becomes America(n) 5. Selling America 6. 'The New McCarthyism' 7. Teaching America
Notă biografică
Sandra Silberstein is a leading name in applied linguistics, and Professor of English at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is widely published, and has written articles on a number of politically sensitive topics, including the OJ Simpson trial, the Gulf War, AIDS and the Inauguration of George Bush.
Recenzii
"...a compelling analysis of the way language was used in the political construction of the horrifying historical events of September 11th. Silberstein's analysis gives us a fresh look at the juggernaut of world politics as it is constructed in the linguistic actions of the media, of world leaders, and of the ordinary people who experience world events." - Ron Scollon, Georgetown University
"The brief study, War of Words, by Sandra Silberstein, an 'applied linguist,' offers shrewd analysis of the language used after September 11. She shrewdly analyzes how the comments by Peter Jennings while broadcasting the service on September 14 at the National Cathedral helped define the event as one of the 'great national occasions." - Columbia Journalism Review
"This isn't exactly foreign policy, but close enough. Sandra Silberstein...examines how language has been torqued since the terrorist attacks. The president, formerly the butt of jokes, becomes the commander-in-chief, to give just one example. She concludes that the national tragedy has been manipulated into a consumer opportunity--a charge from which the proliferation of 9/11 books is not exempt." - Vancouver Sun
' ... the book presents a timely discussion of issues of great importance to America, in particular, and the whole world, in general ... the book is informative and well-organised.' - Discourse and Society
"The brief study, War of Words, by Sandra Silberstein, an 'applied linguist,' offers shrewd analysis of the language used after September 11. She shrewdly analyzes how the comments by Peter Jennings while broadcasting the service on September 14 at the National Cathedral helped define the event as one of the 'great national occasions." - Columbia Journalism Review
"This isn't exactly foreign policy, but close enough. Sandra Silberstein...examines how language has been torqued since the terrorist attacks. The president, formerly the butt of jokes, becomes the commander-in-chief, to give just one example. She concludes that the national tragedy has been manipulated into a consumer opportunity--a charge from which the proliferation of 9/11 books is not exempt." - Vancouver Sun
' ... the book presents a timely discussion of issues of great importance to America, in particular, and the whole world, in general ... the book is informative and well-organised.' - Discourse and Society
Descriere
Timely and penetrating, War of Words shows how the stories we told after the attacks fashioned a post-9/11 American identity and reinscribed our national beliefs.