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Beyond the Checkpoint
Rebecca A. Adelman
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Description for Beyond the Checkpoint
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFD; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Since the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil, American citizenship has been redefined by the visual images associated with the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Rebecca A. Adelman contends that, in viewing images such as security footage of the 9/11 hijackers, film portrayals of the attacks and subsequent wars, memorials commemorating the attacks, and even graphics associated with increased security in airports, American citizens have been recast as militarised spectators, brought together through the production, circulation, and consumption of these visual artifacts. Beyond the Checkpoint reveals that the visual is essential to the prosecution of the GWOT domestically and abroad, and ... Read more
Since the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil, American citizenship has been redefined by the visual images associated with the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Rebecca A. Adelman contends that, in viewing images such as security footage of the 9/11 hijackers, film portrayals of the attacks and subsequent wars, memorials commemorating the attacks, and even graphics associated with increased security in airports, American citizens have been recast as militarised spectators, brought together through the production, circulation, and consumption of these visual artifacts. Beyond the Checkpoint reveals that the visual is essential to the prosecution of the GWOT domestically and abroad, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625340702
SKU
V9781625340702
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About Rebecca A. Adelman
Rebecca A. Adelman is assistant professor of media and communication studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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