At war with metaphor [electronic resource] : media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror / Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills
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TextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2008Description: 1 online resource (xix, 245 p.) : illISBN: - 9780739130315 (electronic bk.)
- 0739130315 (electronic bk.)
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | HM1206 .S74 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000057179 |
Description based on print version record
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
Mode of access: Internet