1st Edition
The Cultural Imaginary of Terrorism in Public Discourse, Literature, and Film Narrating Terror
By Michael Frank
Copyright 2017
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study investigates the overlaps between political discourse and literary and cinematic fiction, arguing that both are informed by, and contribute to, the cultural imaginary of terrorism. Whenever mass-mediated acts of terrorism occur, they tend to trigger a proliferation of threat scenarios not only in the realm of literature and film but also in the statements of policymakers, security... Read more
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Introduction: The Cultural Imaginary of Terrorism
I. "Terrorism" and "Terror": Historical and Conceptual Frameworks
II. Imagining Clandestine Operations: Early Literary Responses to Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
III. Imagining Future Attacks: Turn-of-the-Century Tales of Terrorist Invasion
IV. "Terrorist Aliens": 9/11 and/as Science Fiction
V. It Could Happen Here: Narrating Terror after 9/11
Conclusion
References
Biography
Michael C. Frank is temporary Professor of Anglophone Literatures at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
