Rewriting Terror: The 9/11. Terrorists in American Fiction

There is a discursive way of coming to terms with the terrorists responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, which has prevailed as the predominant course of action in the US. It is supported by governmental institutions, the mainstream media, and by most novelists, film directors, TV scriptw...

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Main Author: Bermúdez de Castro, Juanjo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Spain Universidad de Alcalá. Servicio de Publicaciones 2012
Edition:1
Series:Monografías Humanidades. Biblioteca Benjamín Franklin
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Online Access:Texto completo en Odilo
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