ISBN:
0822356864
,
9780822356868
,
082235697X
,
9780822356974
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 338 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
973.93
Keywords:
Emotions Political aspects 21st century
;
History
;
Political oratory History 21st century
;
United States Politics and government 2001-2009
;
United States Politics and government 2009-2017
;
USA
;
Elfter September
;
Gefühl
;
Das Melodramatische
;
Diskurs
;
Politische Sprache
Abstract:
Introduction: melodrama and the politics of freedom -- The venomous eye: melodrama, media, and national identity after 9/11 -- The melodramatic style of American politics: a transnational history -- Felt legitimacy: victimization and affect in the expansion of state power -- Orgies of feeling: terror, agency, and the failures of the (neo)liberal individual -- Heroic identifications; or, you can love me too--I am so like the state -- Left melodrama -- Conclusion: melodramas of failed sovereignty: the War on Terror as a women's weepie
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: melodrama and the politics of freedomThe venomous eye: melodrama, media, and national identity after 9/11 -- The melodramatic style of American politics: a transnational history -- Felt legitimacy: victimization and affect in the expansion of state power -- Orgies of feeling: terror, agency, and the failure of the (neo)liberal individual -- Heroic identifications; or, you can love me too--I am so like the state -- Left melodrama -- Conclusion. melodramas of failed sovereignty: the War on Terror as a women's weepie.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 307-323. - Index: Seite 325-338
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