Title Media Representations of Gender and Torture Post-9/11

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages) Series Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication, v. 4 Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication, v. 4 Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Interrogating Torture; 2 Gender (In)Visibility at Abu Ghraib; 3 Sex, Blood, and Degradation: The Women of Gitmo; 4 Torture Television; 5 24: Reshaping the Messiah; 6 A Question of Torture; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Offers a feminist rhetorical examination of gender and torture, looking at the media coverage of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, as well as the popular entertainment television serials where torture appears as a plot device (including 24) Notes Print version record Subject Torture in mass media. Women soldiers in mass media. Sex role in mass media. Mass media -- United States. Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States Torture -- Government policy -- United States Women torturers -- Press coverage Mass media Sex role in mass media Torture -- Government policy Torture in mass media Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects Women soldiers in mass media United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203848678 0203848675

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