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How has the media, beginning with the Persian Gulf War, altered political analysis and how has this alteration has in turn affected socially-critical art? Jeanne Colleran examines more than forty plays, most of which were written in direct response to the emergent New World Orde…
This text explores the effects of mediatization on the public sphere and on the nature of interventionary art, it looks specifically at issues attached to the war in Iraq: censorship, torture, detention, representations of Muslim identity, race, class, and gender issues in the a…
"In 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the nascent War on Terror as a "Crusade". His comments, however, were welcomed by Al-Qaeda, who had long been describing Western powers in precisely the same terms, as modern Crusaders once again invading the Middle East…
"In 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the nascent War on Terror as a "Crusade". His comments, however, were welcomed by Al-Qaeda, who had long been describing Western powers in precisely the same terms, as modern Crusaders once again invading the Middle East…
"In 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the nascent War on Terror as a "Crusade". His comments, however, were welcomed by Al-Qaeda, who had long been describing Western powers in precisely the same terms, as modern Crusaders once again invading the Middle East…
Looks at the role of media, terrorism and literature in Don DeLillo's fiction. Bringing together DeLillo scholars in Europe and in the US, this book focuses on DeLillo to position his work in a transatlantic context.
In his novel Mao II, Don DeLillo lets his protagonist say, "Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness." DeLillo suggests that while…
No other European country experienced the disruption of political and everyday life suffered by Italy in the so-called 'years of lead' (1969-1983). This title traces how the experience and legacies of terrorism have determined the form and content of Italian cultural production …
"No other European country experienced the disruption of political and everyday life suffered by Italy in the so-called 'years of lead' (1969-c.1983), when there were more than 12,000 incidents of terrorist violence. This experience affected all aspects of Italian cultural life,…
Why are some crimes identified as acts of terrorism, while others are not? How are critical terms like <<terrorism>> and <<mass shooting>> defined and understood in the 21st century? What are some of the causes of the unique American epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence? …