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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955771403321

Autore

Sylvia Polly <1977->

Titolo

Cultural messaging in the U.S. war on terrorism : a performative approach to security / / Polly Sylvia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013

ISBN

9781593326319

1593326319

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Disciplina

973.931

Soggetti

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Social aspects - United States

Terrorism - United States - Prevention

Social control - United States

Mass media - United States

Advertising - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: From Autoethnography to PerformativeMethodology; Chapter 3: The Body in Performance; Chapter 4: Branding Sense Perception; Chapter 5: Mediated Bodies; Chapter 6: Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sylvia focuses on the impact of the "If You See Something, Say Something" advertising campaign in the New York City subway system. She demonstrates how ideas regarding security and terrorism are socially constructed; it shows how the narrative of the war on terrorism as a political project was linked to the narrative of a local urban security campaign. Her thesis suggests that this advertising campaign perpetuates the politics of fear connected to the greater war on terrorism and that this advertising campaign is a mechanism of social control. Sylvia's research draws upon and supports Michel F