The "War on terror" narrative : discourse and intertextuality in the construction and contestation of sociopolitical reality

• Main Author: Hodges, Adam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011
• Series: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946-; 2001-2009; 21. století; 21st century; teroristické útoky (11. září 2001 : Spojené státy americké); válka proti terorismu (2001-2009); prezidenti > Spojené státy americké > 21. století; jazykový projev > politické aspekty; diskurzivní analýza; sociolingvistika; intertextualita; September 11 terrorists attacks, 2001; War on Terrorism (2001-); presidents > United States > 21st century; discours > political aspects; discourse analysis; sociolinguistics; intertextuality; monografie; monographs

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The characterization of 9/11 and America's response to terrorism
• The narrative's part-whole textual interdependence
• The construction of Al Qaeda and Iraq as linked antagonists
• Intertextual series : reproduction and resistance in the media
• Talking politics : the narrative's reception among college students
• Whose Vietnam? : discursive competition over the Vietnam analogy
• Conclusion