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At war with metaphor [electronic resource] : media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror / Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2008.Description: xix, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780739130315 (electronic bk.)
  • 0739130315 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 070.4/49909831 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1206 .S74143 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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