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At War with Metaphor - Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror (Hardcover)
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At War with Metaphor - Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror (Hardcover)
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When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of
prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified
public, national and international voices were raised in shock,
asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer,
arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of a systemic
continuum of dehumanization. This continuum has its roots in our
public discussions of the war on terror and the metaphors through
which they are repeatedly framed. Arguing earnestly and incisively
that these metaphors, if left unexamined, bind us into a cycle of
violence that will only be intensified by a responsive violence of
metaphor, Steuter and Wills examine compelling examples of the
images of animal, insect, and disease that inform, shape, and limit
our understanding of the war on terror. Tying these images to
historical and contemporary uses of propaganda through a readable,
accessible analysis of media filters, At War with Metaphor vividly
explores how news media, including political cartoons and talk
radio, are enmeshed in these damaging, dehumanizing metaphors.
Analyzing media through the lenses of race and Orientalism, it
invites us to hold our media and ourselves accountable for the
choices we make in talking war and making enemies.
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