At war with metaphor [ media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books ,
c2008
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Weaponizing words : metaphor and war
- 2. Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist "other"
- 3. Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide
- 4. Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news
- 5. Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons
- 6. Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio
- 7. Media march to war : understanding news filters
- 8. Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash
- 9. Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change