Terror and its Representations Studies in Social History and Cultural Expression in the United States and Beyond
What are the origins and nature of terror and terrorism in the United States and beyond? This book of essays about the history and contemporary reality of terror reveals little-known aspects of a compelling subject. Since the American and French Revolutions, governments and their opponents have used...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Montpellier
Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée
2008
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| Series: | Horizons anglophones
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | What are the origins and nature of terror and terrorism in the United States and beyond? This book of essays about the history and contemporary reality of terror reveals little-known aspects of a compelling subject. Since the American and French Revolutions, governments and their opponents have used terror and terrorism for different political reasons. We learn how terror and terrorism have marked the evolution of social values and have entered into cultural expression of all types - literature, music, television, cinema - and have influenced the formation of ideologies and political institutions. The authors of the introduction and eighteen chapters comprising Terror and Its Representations show how a sensitive subject can be treated with conviction while maintaining the critical distance necessary for serious debate. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (320 p.) |
| ISBN: | books.pulm.15598 9782367814155 9782842698416 |
| Access: | Open Access |