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UNINA9910461085503321 |
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McAlister Melani <1962-> |
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Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
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1-280-49194-9 |
9786613587176 |
0-520-93201-3 |
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[Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (430 p.) |
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Mass media and public opinion - United States |
Public opinion - United States |
Electronic books. |
Middle East Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Middle East |
Middle East Foreign public opinion, American |
United States Civilization 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface To The 2005 Edition -- Preface To The First Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Benevolent Supremacy" -- 2. The Middle East In African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, And The Politics Of Oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The Good Fight -- 5. Iran, Islam, And The Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military Multiculturalism In The Gulf War And After, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion<subtitle 9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index |
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Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book-now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war-Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. American |
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understandings of the region are framed by narratives that draw on religious belief, news media accounts, and popular culture. This remarkable and pathbreaking book skillfully weaves lively and accessible readings of film, media, and music with a rigorous analysis of U.S. foreign policy, race politics, and religious history. The new chapter, titled "9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire," considers and brilliantly analyzes five images that have become iconic: (1) New York City firemen raising the American flag out of the rubble of the World Trade Center, (2) the televised image of Osama bin-Laden, (3) Afghani women in burqas, (4) the statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad, and (5) the hooded and wired prisoner in Abu Ghraib. McAlister's singular achievement is to illuminate the contexts of these five images both at the time they were taken and as they relate to current events, an accomplishment all the more remarkable since-to paraphrase her new preface-we are today struggling to look backward at something that is still rushing ahead. |
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UNINA9910463200003321 |
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Autore |
Anchimbe Eric A |
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Language policy and identity construction [[electronic resource] ] : the dynamics of Cameroon's multilingualism / / Eric A. Anchimbe, University of Bayreuth |
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Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 |
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1-283-94335-2 |
90-272-7241-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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IMPACT: studies in language and society, , 1385-7908 ; ; 32 |
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Language policy - Cameroon |
Intercultural communication - Cameroon |
Multilingualism - Cameroon |
Language and languages - Variation - Cameroon |
Sociolinguistics - Cameroon |
Electronic books. |
Cameroon Languages |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Language Policy and Identity Construction; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Epigraph; Table of contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Language policy and linguistic identities; 2. Overview of sociolinguistic research in Cameroon; 3. Language planning approach: The language problem; 3.1 Language policy appraisals: State bilingualism policy; 3.2 Applied linguistic approach: To teach or not to teach indigenous languages |
3.3 Multilingualism approach: Bilingual mixed languages and social codes3.4 Variationist and indigenisation approach: Cameroon English; 3.5 Creolistic approach: Cameroon Pidgin English; 3.6 Pragmatic approach: Respect and politeness; 3.7 Gendered approaches: Women and language; 3.8 Other approaches: Politics and religion; 4. Outline of the book; 4.1 Part I. Indigenous languages: Policy and practice; 4.2 Part II. Official languages: Bilingualism policy and linguistic identity across languages; 4.3 Part III. Cameroon Pidgin English: Expanding functions and increasing users |
4.4 Part IV. Linguistic communication: Politeness and social identitiesPART I :Indigenous languages: Policy and practice; Functional marginalisation and the future of indigenous languages; 1. Use of indigenous languages during colonialism; 1.1 The German language policy: 1884-1916; 1.2 The French language policy: 1916-1960; 1.3 The British language policy: 1916-1961; 2 Use of indigenous languages after independence; 2.1 Immediate post-independence period (1960-1970); 2.2 Reunification period (1970-1980); 2.3 New Deal period (1980-1990); 2.4 Globalisation period (1990-2012) |
3. Standardisation and the need for new official functions4. Nation, national languages and functions; 5. Languages in radio broadcast: Measuring the extent of marginalisation; Language policy towards indigenous languages; 1. Does Cameroon have a language policy?; 2. Fragmentary language policy in Africa; 3. Decrees and laws about indigenous languages: Stitching together the points; 3. On decrees and laws: Government's new attitude; 4. To speak or not to speak; Constraints to indigenous language empowerment; 1. Indigenous languages are non-prestigious |
2. Indigenous languages are not relevant in formal domains3. Indigenous languages lack economic and/or international promise; 4. Indigenous languages disrupt ethnic equality; 5. Indigenous languages negatively influence the acquisition of English; Crossing the survival line; 1. Empowerment of official languages; 2. Factors that protect indigenous languages from extinction; 2.1 Chronology of acquisition; 2.2 Parallel functions: Languages for communal communication and languages for socio-economic survival; 2.3 Importance of the homeland or village |
2.4 Promotion of, and identification with, indigenous cultures, languages and villages |
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The (dis)empowerment of languages through language policy in multilingual postcolonial communities often shapes speakers' identification with these languages, their attitude towards other languages in the community, and their choices in interpersonal and intergroup communication. Focusing on the dynamics of Cameroon's multilingualism, this book contributes to current debates on the impact of politic language policy on daily language use in sociocultural and interpersonal interactions, multiple identity construction, indigenous language teaching and empowerment, the use of Cameroon Pidgin |
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