The War on Terror Narrative

Discourse and Intertextuality in the Construction and Contestation of Sociopolitical Reality
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-975958-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

Reihe: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

The War on Terror Narrative analyzes three types of data-presidential speeches, U.S. media discourse, and focus group interviews-to provide a longitudinal and holistic study of the formation, circulation, and contestation of the Bush administration's narrative about the "war on terror." The narrative sustains, in Foucault's terms, a "regime of truth" by placing boundaries around what can meaningfully be said and understood about the subject. Adam Hodges
illustrates that even as social actors resist the narrative and the policy it entails, they appropriate its language to be heard and understood. While this often works to strengthen the narrative, discourse is inevitably reshaped as it enters into new contexts. This recontextualization allows for the introduction
of new meanings, and therein lies the potential for resistance and social transformation. Hodges argues that applying ideas on intertextuality to the analysis of political discourse is central to understanding the way micro-level discursive action contributes to macro-level cultural narratives like the Bush "War on Terror" narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hodges, Adam

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.: Introduction
2.: The Characterization of 9/11 and America's Response to Terrorism
3.: The Narrative's Part-Whole Textual Interdependence
4.: The Construction of Al Qaeda and Iraq as Linked Antagonists
5.: Intertextual Series: Reproduction and Resistance in the Media
6.: . Talking Politics: The Narrative's Reception among College Students
7.: Whose Vietnam?: Discursive Competition over the Vietnam Analogy
8.: Conclusion

Appendix A. Corpus of Presidential Speeches
Appendix B. Transcription Conventions for Presidential Speeches
Appendix C. Transcription Conventions for Focus Group Interviews
Media Discourse Data
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adam Hodges is Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at Carnegie Mellon University.