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UNINA9910955514903321 |
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Tulloch John |
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Titolo |
Icons of war and terror : media images in an age of international risk / / John Tulloch and R. Warwick Blood |
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New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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1-136-28543-1 |
1-283-52134-2 |
9786613833792 |
0-203-11309-8 |
1-136-28544-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BloodRichard Warwick <1947-> |
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War in mass media |
Terrorism in mass media |
Violence in mass media |
Visual communication - Political aspects |
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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 and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Guernica: icon of state terror; 2 Ways of seeing the napalmed girl: icons of agony and beauty; 3 Two Bangladeshi boys and public culture: iconic or absent?; 4 'The Gulf War did not take place': smart-weapon icon; 5 Picturing Kosovo: virtual, new or old war?; 6 Did 9/11 'change everything'? Icons out of a clear blue sky; 7 Shock doctrine in Iraq: the 'Marlboro Marine' and 'Shock and Awe'; 8 Abu Ghraib, regimes of looking and risk: icon, index and symbol; 9 Witnessing terrorism in New York and London: trauma icons |
10 Culture warriors: icons of the colonial, then and now11 Conclusion: walls and borders; References; Index |
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This book explores the ideas of key thinkers and media practitioners who have examined images and icons of war and terror. Icons of War and Terror explores theories of iconic images of war and terror, not as received pieties but as challenging uncertainties; in doing so, it engages with both critical discourse and conventional image-making. |
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The authors draw on these theories to re-investigate the media/global context of some of the most iconic representations of war and terror in the international 'risk society'. Among these photojournalistic images are: Nick |
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UNINA9910958230303321 |
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Something's in the air : race, crime, and the legalization of marijuana / / edited by Katherine Tate, James Lance Taylor, and Mark Q. Sawyer |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-135-01705-0 |
1-135-01706-9 |
0-203-75838-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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SawyerMark Q. <1972-> |
TateKatherine |
TaylorJames Lance |
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Drug legalization - Social aspects - United States |
Marijuana - United States |
African Americans - Drug use |
Hispanic Americans - Drug use |
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - United States |
Minorities - United States - Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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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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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Editors' Introduction: Ending a War or Just California Dreamin'?; This Is Our Exit Strategy: The Case for Legalization; California Dreamin': The Case against Cannabis; The Chapters in This Volume; Notes; 1. Criminal Justice Costs of Prohibiting Marijuana in California; Existing Estimates of the Cost Marijuana Prohibition Imposes on California; Calculating the Costs for 2010; Community Corrections; Other Costs; Results; Discussion; Notes; 2. |
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Public-Health Considerations in the Legalization Debate |
Drugs, Drug Laws, and African AmericansCase Study: Marijuana Arrests in Illinois; Marijuana and the Community Justice Model; Other Public-Health Impacts of Criminalizing Marijuana; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The Paths Not (Yet) Taken: Lower Risk Alternatives to Full-Market Legalization of Cannabis; Reflections on Prop 19; Home Cultivation; The Dutch Cannabis Coffee-Shop System; Cannabis Clubs and Licensing Models; Conclusions; Notes; 4. Why Did Proposition 19 Fail?; Theoretical Foundations; Our Survey; Statewide Electoral Data; Conclusion; Notes |
5. Winds of Change: Black Opinion on Legalizing MarijuanaGrowing Support in the Black Community; Explaining Black Support for the Legalization of Marijuana; Conclusion: A New Direction in the Debate; 6. The Highs and Lows of Support for Marijuana Legalization Among White Americans; Modern Debates over Marijuana Legalization; Generational Explanations are Insufficient; Putting the Marijuana Debate in Context; The Emergence of Medical Marijuana; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; 7. Building Minority Community Power Through Legalization; Black Deviance-White Innocence |
The Blumstein Effect: The Problem with Race Disproportionality and the War on DrugsGetting High versus Getting Free: Legalization as a Step toward Carceral System Reform; Conclusion; Notes; 8. The Latino Politics of Proposition 19: Criminal Justice and Immigration; The Anti-Mexican History of Marijuana Laws; Criminal Justice Politics; Immigration Politics; Conclusion; Notes; 9. No Half-Measures: Mexico's Quixotic Policy on California's Proposition 19; Mexico's Battle against Organized Crime; U.S. Cooperation in the Drug War; Mexico as a Consumer Nation; Previous Mexican Drug Decriminalization |
Mexican Voices for Change in Drug PolicyQuestionable Potential of Proposition 19; Tracing CalderoĢn's Statements on Proposition 19; An International Drug Prohibition Regime Change; Other Expert Analyses; Conclusions; Notes; 10. The "Chronic" and Coercion: Exploring How Legalizing Marijuana Might Get the U.S. Government off the Backs and Throats of Americans (or, Not); The War against the Chronic (or, the Chronic War); Legalization; Drug "Wars" and Breaking Blacks: On Disciplining and Punishing; Chronic Conclusions; Notes; References; List of Contributors; Index |
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In this volume, contributors ask how would marijuana legalization affect communities of color? This timely collection of original essays analyzes the policy debate by a range of scholars addressing political, economic, health, and empowerment issues. |
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