Intervention narratives : Afghanistan, the United States, and the Global War on Terror /

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Intervention Narratives examines the contradictory cultural representations of the US intervention in Afghanistan that help to justify an imperial foreign policy. These narratives involve projecting Afghans as brave anti-communist warriors who suffered the consequences of American disengagement with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bose, Purnima, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2020.
Temas:
2001-2009
Afghan War, 2001-2021.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Imperialism.
Intervention (International law)
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Literature and the war.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Mass media and the war.
Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001-2021.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009.
Impérialisme.
Intervention (Droit international)
HISTORY > General.
Imperialism
International relations
Mass media and war
War and literature
United States > Relations > Afghanistan.
Afghanistan > Relations > United States.
Afghanistan
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Intervention narratives and geopolitical fetishism
  • The premature withdrawal narrative
  • Hegemonic masculinities and the liberal humanist subject
  • The capitalist rescue narrative
  • Afghan women and micro-entrepreneurship
  • The canine rescue narrative and post humanist humanitarianism
  • The retributive justice narrative
  • Osama bin Laden as simulacra
  • Post-script : three presidents, one policy.

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