CULTURAL IMAGINARY OF TERRORISM IN - Narrating Terror

List of contents

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments

List of Figures
Introduction: The Cultural Imaginary of Terrorism
I. "Terrorism" and "Terror": Historical and Conceptual Frameworks

II. Imagining Clandestine Operations: Early Literary Responses to Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
III. Imagining Future Attacks: Turn-of-the-Century Tales of Terrorist Invasion
IV. "Terrorist Aliens": 9/11 and/as Science Fiction

V. It Could Happen Here: Narrating Terror after 9/11

Conclusion
References

About the author

Michael C. Frank is temporary Professor of Anglophone Literatures at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany.

Summary

This study investigates the overlaps between political discourse and literary and cinematic fiction, arguing that both are informed by, and contribute to, the cultural imaginary of terrorism. It explores the ways in which clandestine political violence stimulates the collective imagination, proposing that terror is a halfway house between the re

Product details

• Authors: Michael Frank, Michael (University of Dusseldorf Frank, Michael C. Frank, Frank Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367667764
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66776-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Literature: history & criticism, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Literature: history and criticism