Terror, culture, politics : rethinking 9/11
by
 
Sherman, Daniel J.

Title
Terror, culture, politics : rethinking 9/11

Author
Sherman, Daniel J.

ISBN
9780253346728
 
9780253218124

Publication Information
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Physical Description
vi, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
21st Century studies ; v. 1
 
21st century studies ; vol. 1

Series Title
21st Century studies ; v. 1

General Note
Originated in a conference held at the Center for 21st Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Oct. 2002.

Contents
"Document of civilization and document of barbarism": the World Trade Center near and far / Patricia A. Morton -- Two projects with commentary: "Around Ground Zero" (map) and "New York, September 11, 2001 Four Days Later" (aerial photographs) / Laura Kurgan -- Falling persons and national embodiment: the reconstruction of safe spectatorship in the photographic record of 9/11 / Susan Lurie -- Captain America sheds his mighty tears: comics and September 11 / Henry Jenkins -- Trauma, healing, and the therapeutic monument / Kirk Savage -- Naming and the violence of place / Daniel J. Sherman -- Ethics/politics -- 9/11 and the Jihad tradition / Sohail H. Hashmi.
 
Women's Jihad before 9/11 / Miriam Cooke -- Who defended the country? / Elaine Scarry -- The 9/11 Commission Report: has it incited a public debate about our nation's defense? / Elaine Scarry -- Rethinking crisis government / William E. Scheuerman -- Human rights and the use of force after September 11th, 2001 / Stephen J. Toope.

Subject Term
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
 
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses.
 
Civil defense -- United States -- Management -- History -- 21st century -- Congresses.
 
Civil rights -- United States -- Congresses.
 
War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Political aspects -- Congresses.

Geographic Term
United States -- Civilization -- 1970- -- Congresses.
 
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009 -- Congresses.

Added Author
Sherman, Daniel J.
 
Nardin, Terry, 1942-


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