The impact of 9/11 on the media, arts, and entertainment : the day that changed everything? / edited by Matthew J. Morgan ; with a foreword by Rory Stewart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morgan, Matthew J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in mass media.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in mass media.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in art.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in art.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xix, 254 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Impact of nine eleven on the media, arts, and entertainment

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

The impact of 9/11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time. With a foreword by bestselling author Rory Stewart, contributors include PJ Crowley, Mei Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Michèle Cloonan, and other leading scholars.

Contents:

Part I New Narratives and the Media

1 Aggressive Action: In Search of a Dominant Narrative / Melvin J. Dubnick, Dorothy F. Olshfski, Kathe Callahan 9

The 9/11 Attacks and the Social Construction of a National Narrative / Richard Jackson 25

3 The Battle of Narratives: The Real Central Front against Al Qaeda / P. J. Crowley 37

4 Islamic Terrorism: The Red Menace of the Twenty-First Century / Krista E. Wiegand 51

5 Escape from 9/11: Back to the Future of the Mass Society / James F. Tracy 63

6 The Resurgence of U.S. Public Diplomacy after 9/11 / Nancy Snow 77

7 Leaving the Cave: Government, Culture, and the Information Age / Simon Moore, Donald Bobiash 89

8 A Distracted Media: Sidetracked and Hoodwinked / Lisa Finnegan 99

Part II The Arts and Entertainment

9 Reading Afghanistan Post-9/11 / Sophia A. McClennen 119

10 9/11 in the Novel / Kristiaan Versluys 141

11 Poetry, a New Voice for Dissent / Marguerite G. Bouvard 151

12 "all language bankrupt" : On the Poetics of Solidarity / Marcy Jane-Knopf Newman 165

13 Libraries, Archives, and the Pursuit of Access / Rebecca J. Knuth, Michl̈e V. Cloonan 181

14 Hollywood 9/11: Time of Crisis / Thomas Pollard 195

15 Screaming Her Way into the Hearts of Audiences: Dakota Fanning as Post-9/11 Child Star / Kathy Merlock Jackson 209

16 Sporting Spectacle and the Post-9/11 Patriarchal Body Politic / Michael L. Silk, Mark Falcons 221

17 NASCAR's Role Post-9/11: Supporting All Things American / Paul Haridakis, Lawrence Hugenberg 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230608412

0230608418

OCLC:

318242645