New narratives and the media. Aggressive action : in search of a dominant narrative / Melvin J. Dubnick et al. ; The 9/11 attacks and the social construction of a national narrative / Richard Jackson ; The battle of narratives : the real central front against Al Qaeda / P.J. Crowley ; Islamic terrorism : the red menace of the twenty-first century / Krista E. Wiegand ; Escape from 9/11 : back to the future of the mass society / James F. Tracy ; The resurgence of U.S. public diplomacy after 9/11 / Nancy Snow ; Leaving the cave : government, culture, and the information age / Simon Moore and Donald Bobiash ; A distracted media : sidetracked and hoodwinked / Lisa Finnegan -- The arts and entertainment. Reading Afghanistan post-9/11 / Sophia A. McClennen ; 9/11 in the novel / Kristiaan Versluys ; Poetry, a new voice for dissent / Marguerite G. Bouvard ; "All language bankrupt" : on the poetics of solidarity / Marcy Jane-Knopf Newman ; Libraries, archives, and the pursuit of access / Rebecca J. Knuth and Michele V. Cloonan ; Hollywood 9/11 : time of crisis / Thomas Pollard ; Screaming her way into the hearts of audiences : Dakota Fanning as post-9/11 child star / Kathy Merlock Jackson ; Sporting spectacle and the post-9/11 patriarchal body politic / Michael L. Silk and Mark Falcous ; NASCAR's role post-9/11 : supporting all things American / Paul Haridakis and Lawrence Hugenberg.
Summary:
This volume's contributors include P.J. Crowley, Mel Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Michele Cloonan, and other leading scholars. It allows leading thinkers of our time to reflect on the most significant event of our time.
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