现货Homegrown: Identity and Difference in the American War on Terror (Critical Cultural Communication)[9781479841905]

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作者Szpunar, Piotr M

出版社New York University Press

ISBN9781479841905

出版时间2018-04

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页数224页

正文语种英语

上书时间2023-06-20

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商品描述: An insightful study of how identity is mobilized in and for war in the face of homegrown terrorism. "You are either with us, or against us" is the refrain that captures the spirit of the global war on terror. Images of the "them" implied in this war cry-distinct foreign "others"-inundate Americans on hit television shows, Hollywood blockbusters, and nightly news. However, in this book, Piotr Szpunar tells the story of a fuzzier image: the homegrown terrorist, a foe that blends into the crowd, who Americans are told looks, talks, and acts "like us." Homegrown delves into the dynamics of domestic counterterrorism, revealing the complications that arise when the terrorist threat involves Americans, both residents and citizens, who have taken up arms against their own country. Szpunar examines the ways in which identities are blurred in the war on terror, amid debates concerning who is "the real terrorist." He considers cases ranging from the white supremacist Sikh Temple shooter

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