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War of words : language, politics and 9/11 /
In a media age, wars are waged not only with bombs and planes but also with video and sound bites. War of Words is an incisive report from the linguistic battlefields, probing the tales told about September 11th to show how Americans created consensus in the face of terror. Capturing the campaigns f...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | In a media age, wars are waged not only with bombs and planes but also with video and sound bites. War of Words is an incisive report from the linguistic battlefields, probing the tales told about September 11th to show how Americans created consensus in the face of terror. Capturing the campaigns for America's hearts, minds, wallets and votes, Silberstein traces the key cultural conflicts that surfaced after the attacks and beyond:the attacks on critical intellectuals for their perceived 'blame America first' attitudethe symbiotic relationship between terroris. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xv, 172 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203341422 9780203341421 9780415290470 0415290473 9781134306435 1134306431 9781134306381 1134306385 9781134306428 1134306423 9780415336246 0415336244 |