The war on terror narrative: discourse and intertextuality in the construction and contestation of sociopolitical reality

The 'War on Terror' Narrative provides a longitudinal and holistic study of the formation, circulation, and contestation of the Bush administration's narrative about the 'war on terror.' INDICE: 1.. Introduction; 2. The Characterization of 9/11 and America's Response to Terrorism; 3. The Narrative's Part-Whole Textual Interdependence; 4.The Construction of Al Qaeda and Iraq as Linked Antagonists; 5. Intertextual Series: Reproduction and Resistance in the Media; 6.. Talking Politics: The Narrative's Reception among College Students; 7.. Whose Vietnam?: Discursive Competition over the Vietnam Analogy; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A. Corpus of Presidential Speeches; Appendix B. Transcription Conventions for Presidential Speeches; Appendix C. Transcription Conventions for Focus Group Interviews; Media Discourse Data; References; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-975958-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés