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Signs of War: From Patriotism to Dissent

  • Editors
  • Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood
  • Ernest A. Hakanen
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. The Iraq War: Real and Virtual

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
      PDF
    2. Yellow Ribbons Everywhere and No Meaning to Be Found
      Ernest A. Hakanen
      Pages 3-15
    3. Political Bumper Stickers and Vehicle Class: Are SUVs the Enemy?
      David J. Koch, Douglas V. Porpora
      Pages 17-31
    4. The Stars and Stripes in the Year After 9/11: “Rally ’Round the Flag” or “The Flag Is a Rag”
      Ronald E. Ostman, Harry Littell
      Pages 33-57
    5. A Small World—and Its Flags—In a Much Bigger One
      Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood
      Pages 59-94
    6. Searching for Common Sense: The Roots of George W. Bush’s War Rhetoric
      Michael J. Butler
      Pages 95-121
    7. The Pornographic Barbarism of the Self-Reflecting Sign
      Paul A. Taylor
      Pages 123-144
    8. Warlords of the Iraqi Blogosphere
      Priscilla Ringrose
      Pages 145-175
    9. Warriors or Amazons: How Opposing the War in Iraq Became a Gender Issue in Mexico
      Maria de la luz Matus-Mendoza
      Pages 177-191

  3. Wars Then and Now

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 193-193
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    2. Not so “Far from Vietnam”: A Study of War, Film, and the Media
      Jonathan Ervine
      Pages 195-218
    3. War, Nationalism, Fear, Cruelty, Religion:
      Vincent Masse
      Pages 219-249
    4. War and Peace in Christian Prayer
      Andrew Thomas, Susan Berg, Tor Berg, David Nice
      Pages 251-269
  4. Back Matter
    Pages 271-276
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About this book

Introduction

An analysis of Vietnam, 9/11 and the Iraq War from patriotism to dissent through various visual and written signs among which the US flag, ribbons, car-stickers, cartoons, movies, the media and presidential war rhetoric.

Keywords

blog gender nationalism

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