Screen LibraryAt war with metaphor：media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror
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Lexington Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 245 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780739121986 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739121987 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | G206 |
| CLC: | G206.3 |
| Call Number: | G206.3/S842 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and index. Weaponizing words : metaphor and war -- Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist "other" -- Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide -- Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news -- Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons -- Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio -- Media march to war : understanding news filters -- Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash -- Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change. |