At war with metaphor : media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror
When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voices were raised in shock, asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer, arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of a systemic continuum of dehumanization. This continuum has its roots in our public discussions of the war on terror and the metaphors through which they are repeatedly framed. Arguing earnestly and incisively that these metaphors, if left unexamined, bind us into a cycle of violence that will only
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Weaponizing words : metaphor and war
Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist "other"
Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide
Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news
Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons
Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio
Media march to war : understanding news filters
Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash
Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010