Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media

Playing the Villain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This book explores how terrorists have been portrayed in the Western media, and the wider ideological and social functions of those representations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-01-14
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:468 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:253
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030048815

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Christiana Spens is the author of Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent for the Age of PR, and writes for Prospect, Art Quarterly, Studio International and The New Strategist on politics, art and visual culture. She is also a founder and director of Truth Tellers, a research centre focused on art, trauma and international relations.

Innehållsförteckning

1: Introduction.- 2: Towards a Theory of Scapegoating, Catharsis and Narrative Closure.- 3: Towards a Method of Intervisuality.- 4: A Genealogy of the Terrorist in Western Culture.- 5: Portrayals of Terrorists.- 6: Conclusion.