At war with metaphor media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror /
When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voices were raised in shock, asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer, arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of...
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Format: | Electronic |
Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
©2008.
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Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Summary: | When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voices were raised in shock, asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer, arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of a systemic continuum of dehumanization. This continuum has its roots in our public discussions of the war on terror and the metaphors through which they are repeatedly framed. Arguing earnestly and incisively that these metaphors, if left unexamined, bind us into a cycle of violence that will only. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 245 pages) : illustrations |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780739130315 (electronic bk.) 0739130315 (electronic bk.) 1299761518 (ebk) 9781299761513 (ebk) |