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Author Witkowska, Joanna.

Title Ideological battlegrounds - constructions of us and them before and after 9/11. Volume 1, Perspectives in literatures and cultures / edited by Joanna Witkowsk and Uwe Zagratzki
Published Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages)
Contents Table of contents; introduction; the islamization of islam; ideology, authenticity, and reception in world trade center; infidels and martyrs; "difficult topics such as politics, discrimination, attacks and so on"; michael chabon's the yiddish policemen's union as a 9/11 novel; the ambiguity of the "other" in the post-9/11 novels the reluctant fundamentalist (2007); us and them in terry pratchett's pre- and post-9/11 discworld novels; "terrorists win"; criticism of america in james kelman's novel you have to be careful in the land of the free; a perpetual crisis?
From "infrequent shock to ... main thread of the plot"film representations of the muslim in american 9/11 movies; "on the transmigration of meaning"; george orwell's colonial other; contributors; index
Summary ""The effects of 9/11 ramify through a network of conduits and pathways, including the examples of expressive culture this volume explores; and the registration of those effects will likewise be felt in an array of documents and texts. The cultural, literary, and mass mediated effects of 9/11 encompass the globe and the chapters in this volume assume a transnational and international range of vantage points. The topics examined include the representation of Islam and Moslems
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Islam in mass media.
Muslims in popular culture -- Europe
Muslims in popular culture -- United States
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Islam in mass media.
Muslims in popular culture.
Europe.
United States.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1322216134
1443869171
9781322216133
9781443869171