03055oam 2200625 a 450 991081342930332120240506033702.0979-84-00-65918-81-282-40979-497866124097900-313-06800-310.5040/9798400659188(CKB)1000000000807242(EBL)496907(OCoLC)547275248(SSID)ssj0000333743(PQKBManifestationID)11297155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333743(PQKBWorkID)10377569(PQKB)11384102(Au-PeEL)EBL496907(CaPaEBR)ebr10350009(CaONFJC)MIL240979(DLC)BP9798400659188BC(MiAaPQ)EBC496907(EXLCZ)99100000000080724220240214e20052024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs" how the United States and Iran demonize each other /William O. Beeman1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger Publishers,2005.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (314 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-98214-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-272) and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Discourse and Demonization; 2. American Myths; 3. Middle Eastern Myths; 4. Discourse and Rhetoric; 5. Images of the Great Satan; 6. Images of the Mad Mullah; 7. The Framework of U.S.-Iranian Relations: Modernization and Development as an Index of National Worth; 8. The Sins of the United States; 9. The Sins of Iran; 10. The Birth of Postmodern Conflict: How Iranian Media Came of Age; 11. Living with Iran: Resistance as Postmodern Discourse; Notes; Comprehensive Bibliography; IndexThe United States and Iran have been estranged for 25 years. They have carried out a mutual process of demonization that is unprecedented in modern history, based on cultural hot buttons that have the power to galvanize the populations of both countries. Iranian leaders have characterized the United States as the Great Satan-an evil corruptor that pollutes society and destroys personal morality. American leaders characterize the members of the current government of the Islamic Republic of Iran as Mad Mullahs, wild-eyed and irrational. Giving a thorough account of the background of U.S.-IranianIranForeign public opinion, AmericanIranRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign public opinion, IranianUnited StatesRelationsIran327.73055/09/045Beeman William O636661DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910813429303321The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs"4052690UNINA