Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture and the “War on Terror”

Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture and the “War on Terror”
ISBN-10
1441119051
ISBN-13
9781441119056
Category
Social Science
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2010-05-13
Publisher
A&C Black
Authors
Karen Randell, Jeff Birkenstein, Anna Froula

Description

A collection of analyses focusing on popular culture as a profound discursive site of anxiety and discussion about 9/11 and demystifies the day's events.

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