Intermedial Representations of 9/11 in U.S. American and German Newspapers

For many weeks, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 dominated the newspapers which covered the consequences with an unprecedented immediateness. This study looks at diverging representations of 9/11 in U.S. and German newspapers ( New York Times, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung ) and explores effects on its possible readerships. The impact of the attacks, forms of heroism, the enactment of leadership, various demonstrations of patriotism and grief as well as the textual and visual presentation of the attacks are analyzed in detail. These intermedial representations reaffirm or contest U.S. American grand narratives. While the German newspapers tend to focus on information and analysis, the U.S. papers tend to strengthen shattered U.S. American identity constructions. The study is based on nearly 2,000 newspaper articles and documents the wide scope of topics prevalent in the post-9/11 newspaper coverage.

List of contents

Contents: Transnational Representations of 9/11 in Newspaper Coverage - Narrative Emplotment - Textual and Visual Analysis - Impact of 9/11 - Firefighters and Flight Passengers as Heroes - Enactment of Leadership by President Bush, Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. Congress - Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols - Grieving the Victims and Memorializing the Attacks.

About the author

The Author: Susanne Ehrenreich-Blažekovi¿ studied English and French at the University of Regensburg, at the American University in Washington, D.C. and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. In 2009, she completed her Ph.D. in American Studies at the University of Regensburg, preceded by a research period at the University of Oxford. She was awarded a doctoral grant by the Cusanuswerk.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Ehrenreich-Blazekovic
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783631596685
• ISBN: 978-3-631-59668-5
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 29 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 665 g
• Series: Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik / Regensburg Studies in British and American Languages and Cultures; Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik / Regensburg Studies in British and American L; Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik / Regensburg Studies in British and American Languages and Cultures; Regensburger Arbeiten zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik / Regensburg Studies in British and American L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science