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Communication Yearbook 9

Communication Yearbook 9

The Communication Yearbook annuals publish diverse state-of-the-discipline literature reviews that advance knowledge and understanding of communication systems processes and impacts across the discipline. Sponsored by the International Communication Association each volume provides a forum for the exchange of interdisciplinary and internationally diverse scholarship relating to communication in its many forms. This volume re-issues the yearbook from 1986. | Communication Yearbook 9

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Reborn of Crisis 9/11 and the Resurgent Superhero

Reborn of Crisis 9/11 and the Resurgent Superhero

This book examines the dominant popular culture convention of the superhero situated within the most significant global event of the last 20 years. Exploring the explosion of the superhero genre post-9/11 it sheds fresh light on the manner in which American society has processed and continues to process the trauma from the terrorist attacks. Beginning with the development of Batman in comics television and film the authors offer studies of popular films including Iron Man Captain America The X-Men Black Panther and Wonder Woman revealing the ways in which these texts meditate upon the events and aftermath of 9/11 and challenge the dominant hyper-patriotic narrative that emerged in response to the attacks. A study of the superhero genre’s capacity to unpack complex global interplays that question America’s foreign policy actions and the white militarized masculinity that has characterized major discourses following 9/11 this volume explores the engagement of superhero films with issues of authority patriotism war morals race gender surveillance the military industrial complex and American political and social identities. As such it will appeal to scholars and students of cultural and media studies film studies sociology politics and American studies. | Reborn of Crisis 9/11 and the Resurgent Superhero

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Crisis and Conflict in Han China 104 BC to AD 9

Crisis and Conflict in Han China 104 BC to AD 9

This book first published in 1974 studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9) a time of great intellectual religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time and this struggle was a key point in Chinese history leading as it did to enormous change including to economics and foreign policy. | Crisis and Conflict in Han China 104 BC to AD 9

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Post-9/11 Heartland Horror Rural horror films in an era of urban terrorism

Post-9/11 Heartland Horror Rural horror films in an era of urban terrorism

This book explores the resurgence of rural horror following the events of 9/11 as a number of filmmakers inspired by the films of the 1970s moved away from the characteristic industrial and urban settings of apocalyptic horror to return to American heartland horror. Examining the revival of rural horror in an era of city fear and urban terrorism the author analyses the relationship of the genre with fears surrounding the Global War on Terror exploring the films’ engagement with the political repercussions of 9/11 and the ways in which traces of traumatic events leave their mark on cultures. Arranged around the themes of dissent patriotism myth anger and memorial and with attention to both text and socio-cultural context in its interpretation of the films’ themes Post-9/11 Heartland Horror offers a series of case studies covering a ten-year period to shed light on the manner in which the Post-9/11 Heartland Horror films scrutinize and unravel the events aspirations anxieties discourses dogmas and socio-political conflicts of the post-9/11 era. As such it will appeal to scholars and students of film studies cultural studies and media studies and those with interests in the relationship between popular culture and politics. | Post-9/11 Heartland Horror Rural horror films in an era of urban terrorism

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Dreaming the Social From 9/11 to Covid

Dreaming the Social From 9/11 to Covid

Dreaming the Social uses social dreaming as a tool to explore aspects of contemporary life and examine how we can reverse social fragmentation and large-scale trauma. Since the attack on New York on 9/11 the world has been balanced on the edge of potential disaster exacerbated in recent years by global warming the Covid pandemic and war in Ukraine. Since the first edition in 2009 these national and global events have come to dominate our lives in unforeseen ways. With this in mind this new edition explores the potential of social dreaming to help access things we know but are unable to think except through the complex activity of dreaming. Based on several research studies group sessions and mass dreaming experiments the book explores peoples’ experiences of dreaming during times of change transition and upheaval and discusses the insights that these dreams offer. Dreaming the Social will be of great interest to all professionals interested in dreams and the power of social dreaming including psychoanalysts psychotherapists and clinical psychologists. | Dreaming the Social From 9/11 to Covid

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Tackling Terrorism in Britain Threats Responses and Challenges Twenty Years After 9/11

Tackling Terrorism in Britain Threats Responses and Challenges Twenty Years After 9/11

In September 2001 the world witnessed the horrific events of 9/11. A great deal has happened on the counterterrorist front in the 20 years since. While the terrorist threat has greatly diminished in Northern Ireland the events of 9/11 and their aftermath have ushered in a new phase for the rest of the UK with some familiar but also many novel characteristics. This ambitious study takes stock of counterterrorism in Britain in this anniversary year. Assessing current challenges and closely mirroring the ‘four Ps’ of the official CONTEST counterterrorist strategy – Protect Prepare Prevent and Pursue – it seeks to summarize and grasp the essence of domestic law and policy without being burdened by excessive technical detail. It also provides a rigorous context-aware illuminating yet concise accessible and policy-relevant analysis of this important and controversial subject grounded in relevant social science policy studies and legal scholarship. This book will be an important resource for students and scholars in law and social science as well as human rights terrorism counterterrorism security and conflict studies. | Tackling Terrorism in Britain Threats Responses and Challenges Twenty Years After 9/11

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9/11 Ten Years After Perspectives and Problems

9/11 Ten Years After Perspectives and Problems

Ten years on what have been the principal impacts of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the external policies and international outlooks of the world's major powers the range and scope of the international security agenda and on the capacity for states and international organisations to work together to combat the dangers of international terrorism? This book investigates a range of international responses to the events of 9/11 to evaluate their consistency over time; to analyse their long-term significance and impact and to consider both their implications for the international security agenda and the prospects for international cooperation in addressing the challenges posed. In particular the book considers the perspectives of some of the world's major powers and international organisations on the question of international terrorism and on its perpetrators comparing their interpretations and responses and examining how these have changed over the course of a decade of conflict. This book is primarily directed at an academic market and especially towards undergraduate and taught postgraduate students on courses in international politics international relations security studies terrorism studies and contemporary international history. | 9/11 Ten Years After Perspectives and Problems

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Current Topics in Management Volume 9

Current Topics in Management Volume 9

This annual series presents research on the theory and practice of management. Volume 9 includes papers presented at the 2003 joint conference of the International Conference on Advances in Management (ICAM) and Korean Association of Public Administration. This volume exemplifies ICAM's comparative orientiation in its broad scope of management perspectives in its diverse locations of its research as well as its application and in its comparisons of findings methodologies and operational definitions. Part 1 Organization Theory Change and Effectiveness discusses the relationship between ethical orientation and crisis management before and after the World Trade Center attacks and high success rates of organizational development and modern Hindu work ethics. Part 2 Behavior and Attitudes in Organizations offers a nuanced perspective on organization's behavior academic wisdom versus practical realities in organization and regulatory focus as a determinant of occupational status. Part 3 Business and Society Ethics and Values looks at crises in corporations and government due to corruption and unethical behavior. Part 4 International and Cross-Cultural Management looks at studies on leader power and how it is associated with subordinates' conflict-management strategies and propensity to leave a job in four countries the role of commitment to change as it is associated with reaction to organizational change in India and effective management of interdepartmental conflict in Greece. Part 5 looks at the number of levels in multi-level organizational research. This volume will be of particular interest to corporate executives economists and labor studies specialists. | Current Topics in Management Volume 9

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Authentic Project-Based Learning in Grades 9–12 Standards-Based Strategies and Scaffolding for Success

Authentic Project-Based Learning in Grades 9–12 Standards-Based Strategies and Scaffolding for Success

Authentic Project-Based Learning in Grades 9–12 provides a clear guide to design develop and implement real-world challenges for any high school subject. The author lays out five clear standards-based stages of assessment to help you and your learners process the what how and why of authentic project-based experiences. You’ll learn how to create projects that: Align with your content standards Integrate technology effectively Support reading and writing development Utilize formative assessment Allow for multiple complex pathways to emerge Facilitate the development of essential skills beyond school Each chapter includes a variety of practical examples to assist with scaffolding and implementation. The templates and tools in the appendix are also provided on our website as free eResources for ease of use. | Authentic Project-Based Learning in Grades 9–12 Standards-Based Strategies and Scaffolding for Success

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Descriptosaurus Story Writing Language in Action for Ages 5–9

Descriptosaurus Story Writing Language in Action for Ages 5–9

Descriptosaurus Story Writing provides a resource for younger pupils that will not only expand their descriptive vocabulary but also provide them with models that demonstrate ‘language in action ’ in a genre that is popular and familiar to children aged 5–9. Providing the essential building blocks to create a narrative text alongside contexualised banks of vocabulary phrases and sentence types this book is designed to provide young pupils with the opportunity to see how a text is constructed using words phrases and sentences. This exciting new resource: Provides vocabulary for setting character ‘show not tell’ and sensory descriptions with clearly defined progression Demonstrates how to use this vocabulary in different contexts using set sentence structures Offers four model narratives written in different styles and level of difficulty Presents modelled sentences with exercises so that pupils can expand their vocabulary Enables young pupils to develop their understanding of how sentences are constructed and become more confident about using these skills in their own story writing This is an ideal resource to dramatically improve children’s knowledge and understanding of language grammar and punctuation for all KS1 and KS2 primary English teachers literacy coordinators and parents. This easily accessible guide will also be helpful for teachers to use in preparation for Spelling Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG) alongside a creative writing task. | Descriptosaurus Story Writing Language in Action for Ages 5–9

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Cultures of Counterterrorism French and Italian Responses to Terrorism after 9/11

Cultures of Counterterrorism French and Italian Responses to Terrorism after 9/11

This book investigates counterterrorism responses from a strategic-culturalist perspective focusing on France and Italy in the post-9/11 era. Terrorism occupies a predominant space within contemporary political debate across all European countries. Recent attacks in Europe have raised many questions about the status of counterterrorism structures within European countries revealing a wide range of practical as well as discursive security implications. This work provides an original contribution to the understanding of counterterrorism by asking how values norms and a shared sense of identity matter in policy dynamics. It explores and assesses which cultural elements are relevant for the fight against terrorism and investigates the impact which these elements can have on practical approaches to terrorism. Despite the current attention to terrorist attacks in Europe the cases of France and Italy in counterterrorism affairs are particularly overlooked by the existing literature; this book analyses questions and examines the strategy of these two countries through the instruments offered by the culturalist approaches to strategy. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies discourse analysis European politics security studies and international relations in general. | Cultures of Counterterrorism French and Italian Responses to Terrorism after 9/11

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Teaching Critical Thinking Skills An Introduction for Children Aged 9–12

Teaching Critical Thinking Skills An Introduction for Children Aged 9–12

This practical teaching resource has been designed to give children aged 9–12 the basic tools required to challenge some of the conflicting information which they may encounter in everyday life. With increasing exposure to modern information technology and social media amongst other things children are increasingly exposed to misleading information that can seriously influence their worldview and self-esteem. The sooner they are helped to approach some of this material with a critical eye the better they will be able to make independent judgements and resist undue persuasion. Key features of this book include: • Short texts designed to give opportunities for critical examination created to be points of discussion with individuals groups or whole classes • Topics covering seven areas of critical thought ordered in level of difficulty including finding contradictions and detecting bias and fake news • Supporting teacher prompts and questions as well as photocopiable resources without prompts The ability to question and evaluate information is an essential life skill as well as a key skill for academic learning yet it remains one of the most challenging aspects of comprehension to teach. This is a vital text for teachers teaching assistants and other professionals looking to develop critical thinking skills in their students. | Teaching Critical Thinking Skills An Introduction for Children Aged 9–12

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Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing Story Steps for 9–12 Year Olds

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing Story Steps for 9–12 Year Olds

Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing: Story Steps for 9-12 Year Olds is a practical and easy-to-use teacher resource helping children across a wide age and ability range to develop the skills necessary to write more effectively. Step-by-step instructions encourage children to tackle tasks of increasing difficulty while broadening their knowledge and experiences of fictional genres. With chapters separated into distinct genres: ghost story fantasy science fiction history pirate story thriller and Gothic horror this book: Offers a summary at the start of each chapter to help teachers select the relevant activities. Covers multiple aspects of storytelling from narrative structure plots characters and settings to vocabulary word choice sentence structure and punctuation. Provides a cross referencing grid showing which aspects of writing appear in each chapter. Includes guidance notes extension activities and general tips. Adaptable to different teaching situations this book offers the opportunity for teachers to work through the book genre by genre or take a 'skills route' with different activities from different chapters to create their own programme of study. Fully illustrated and supporting the requirements of the National Curriculum Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing is a valuable aid for all Key Stage 2 teachers. | Developing Thinking Skills Through Creative Writing Story Steps for 9–12 Year Olds

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Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Five Years After 9/11

Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Five Years After 9/11

No event has shaped international events of recent years more than the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. Tragically less than four years later Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. In less than five years the United States has experienced its worst terrorist attack and worst natural disaster both in terms of the number of lives lost and in the costs needed for reconstruction. Both events have clearly indicated that there are tremendous threats to the security and well-being of Americans in their own country. Furthermore these events have demonstrated the importance of criminal-justice agencies who are the first responders to threats to the United States. Since the threats of further terrorist attacks natural disasters epidemics and cybercrime continue to lurk as potential dangers to the United States homeland the American Criminal Justice System must be committed to mitigating preparing for responding to and recovering from these tragic events. In addition its commitment must be steadfast and ubiquitous. This highly topical book analyzes the nexus of homeland security to the discipline of criminal justice by addressing in depth issues and challenges facing criminal-justice students practitioners and faculty in the burgeoning field of homeland security. This book was previously published as a special issue of Criminal Justice Studies. | Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Five Years After 9/11

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Teaching Women's and Gender Studies Classroom Resources on Resistance Representation and Radical Hope (Grades 9-12)

Teaching Women's and Gender Studies Classroom Resources on Resistance Representation and Radical Hope (Grades 9-12)

Incorporate women’s and gender studies into your high school classroom using the powerful lesson plans in this book. The authors present seven units organized around four key concepts: Why WGST; Intersectionality; Motherland—History Health and Policy Change; and Artivism. With thought questions for activating prior knowledge teaching notes reflection questions reproducibles and strategies these units are ready to integrate purposefully into your existing classroom practice. Across various subject areas and interdisciplinary courses these lessons help to fill a critical gap in the curriculum. Through affirming inclusive and representative projects this book offers actionable ways to encourage and support young people as they become changemakers for justice. This book is part of a series on teaching Women’s and Gender Studies in the K-12 classroom. We encourage readers to also check out the middle school edition. | Teaching Women's and Gender Studies Classroom Resources on Resistance Representation and Radical Hope (Grades 9-12)

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Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Transformation World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development Volume 9

Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Transformation World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development Volume 9

Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD this book gives an overview of evaluation practice at IFAD. It looks at how evaluation practice has evolved to reflect respond to and inform changing expectations of development assistance. It reveals how evaluation products and methodologies have benefited from key reviews revisions and lessons learned and also how they have progressively strengthened IFAD’s capacity to assess its operations and better understand its results. The book concludes with reflections on some of the challenges that lie ahead including how the independent evaluation function can continue to evolve to meet future challenges and enhance the impact of development initiatives on people’s lives. This valuable insight into practice will be of interest to researchers practitioners and policymakers in development economics development studies and rural studies. | Evaluation for Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Transformation World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development Volume 9

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Inquiry-Based Lessons in World History Global Expansion to the Post-9/11 World (Vol. 2 Grades 7-10)

Inquiry-Based Lessons in World History Global Expansion to the Post-9/11 World (Vol. 2 Grades 7-10)

Spanning the time period from 750 CE to the present day Inquiry-Based Lessons in World History (Vol. 2) focuses on creating global connections between people and places using primary sources in standards-based lessons. With sections on the world in transition the era of revolutions imperialism and global war and the modern world this book provides teachers with inquiry-based ready-to-use lessons that can be adapted to any classroom and that encourage students to take part in the learning process by reading and thinking like historians. Each section contains chapters that correspond to the scope and sequence of most world history textbooks. Each inquiry lesson begins with an essential question and connections to content and literacy standards followed by primary source excerpts or links to those sources. Lessons include step-by-step directions incorporate a variety of literacy strategies and require students to make a hypothesis using evidence from the texts they have read. Grades 7-10 | Inquiry-Based Lessons in World History Global Expansion to the Post-9/11 World (Vol. 2 Grades 7-10)

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Invest in Your Best 9 Strategies to Grow Support and Celebrate Your Most Valuable Teachers

Invest in Your Best 9 Strategies to Grow Support and Celebrate Your Most Valuable Teachers

Support celebrate and grow your best teachers so that they stay in your school and continue to have maximum impact. Burnout and teacher turnover are on the rise yet we often spend more of our energy on the underperformers. In this powerful book from bestselling authors Todd Whitaker Connie Hamilton Joseph Jones and T. J. Vari you'll learn why it’s crucial to recognize your best teachers going beyond superficial gestures of appreciation and investing in them in deeper ways. The authors show school leaders how to identify their best teachers and then reveal strategies for supporting them including recognizing the value-cost of teachers’ time; prioritizing appreciation; controlling the narrative; tailoring professional learning; helping teachers grow through peer observations as well as beyond the school; applying data informed feedback; and nurturing self- and collective-efficacy. Each chapter begins with a powerful story an overview of our blind spots strategies on what we should invest in and how to ensure that the whole school profits from your efforts. There’s also an Initial Deposits feature that provides a quick tangible way to get started with each idea. With the helpful models tips and tricks in this book you won’t just be inspired to make a change but will be well equipped to take action. As your best teachers get better-and-better your students and the entire school culture will benefit! | Invest in Your Best 9 Strategies to Grow Support and Celebrate Your Most Valuable Teachers

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Descriptosaurus A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12

Descriptosaurus A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12

Now in its fully updated fourth edition the bestselling Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus; it provides students with a language toolkit with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary experiment with language and sentence structure and build up narratives based around settings characters and creatures. Descriptosaurus positions the word zooms in on it to examine the meaning expands it into phrases and then provides alternatives in words phrases and sentences; the model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from students inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their writing. For reluctant writers or those faced with blank page syndrome it provides essential starting points to encourage putting pen to paper not only inspiring students but also building their confidence encouraging them to use apply and create using the correct grammatical structures and adding colour to their writing through evaluation and experimentation. New features for this expanded edition include: Additional vocabulary including technical vocabulary for non-fiction topics such as volcanoes mountains and caves An additional chapter to cover the popular primary topic of cold climates and polar exploration How to use word clines to expand vocabulary and explore shades of meaning Guidelines resources and models to scaffold learning about grammar Sentences that have been expanded and reworked to provide modelled sentences for DFI (Detail Flow and Impact) Guidelines resources exercises and models to support the teaching of sentence construction using imitation combining and expansion techniques Accompanied by Instructor and Student Resources containing all the games planning sheets and vocabulary builders from the book this is an ideal resource to dramatically improve students' creative writing confidence and facility with sentence construction for all primary and secondary English teachers literacy coordinators and parents. It would also make an excellent classroom book for PGCE students particularly Primary PGCE with English specialism. | Descriptosaurus A Language Toolkit and Support for Creative Writing Ages 9 to 12

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Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

This book examines cultural imaginations post 9/11. It explores the idea of a religious community and its multifaceted representations in literature and popular culture. The essays in the volume focus on the role of literature film music television shows and other cultural forms in opening up spaces for complex reflections on identities and cultures and how they enable us to rethink the ‘trauma of familiarity’ post-traumatic heterotopias religious extremism and the idea of the ‘neighbour’ in post-9/11 literary and cultural imagination. The volume also probes the intersections of religion popular media televised simulacrum and digital martyrdom in the wake of 9/11. It also probes the simulation of new- age media images with reference to the creation and dissemination of ‘martyrs’ the languages of grief religionisation of terrorism islamophobia religious stereotypes and the reading of comics in writing the terror. An essential read the book reclaims and reinterprets the alternative to a Eurocentric/Americentric understanding of cultural and geopolitical structures of global designs. It will be of great interest to researchers of literature and cultural studies media studies politics film studies and South Asian studies. | Literature and the War on Terror Nation Democracy and Liberalisation

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Racialization Islamophobia and Mistaken Identity The Sikh Experience

Racialization Islamophobia and Mistaken Identity The Sikh Experience

Exploring the issue of Islamophobic attacks against Sikhs since 9/11 this book explains the historical religious and legal foundations and frameworks for understanding race hate crime against the Sikh community in the UK. Focusing on the backlash that Sikhs in the UK have faced since 9/11 the authors provide a theological and historical backdrop to Sikh identity in the global context critically analysing the occurrences of Islamophobia since 9/11 7/7 and most recently post-Brexit and how British Sikhs and the British government have responded and reacted to these incidents. The experiences of American Sikhs are also explored and the impact of anti-Sikh sentiment upon both these communities is considered. Drawing on media reporting government policies the emerging body of inter-disciplinary scholarship and empirical research this book contributes to the currently limited body of literature on anti-Sikh hate crime and produces ideas for policy makers on how to rectify the situation. Providing a better understanding of perceptions of anti-Sikh sentiment and its impact this book will of interest to scholars and upper-level students working on identity and hate crime and more generally in the fields of Religion and Politics Cultural Studies Media Studies and International Studies. | Racialization Islamophobia and Mistaken Identity The Sikh Experience

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Trauma and Fictions of the War on Terror Disrupting Memory

Trauma and Fictions of the War on Terror Disrupting Memory

This book explores the ways in which transnational fiction in the post-9/11 era can intervene in discourse surrounding the war on terror to advocate for marginalised perspectives. Trauma and Fictions of the War on Terror conceptualises global political discourse about the war on terror as incongruous with transnational memory frames instituted in Western nations centralising 9/11 as uniquely traumatic excluding the historical and present-day experiences of Afghans under Western—specifically American—hegemonic violence. Recent developments in trauma studies explain how dominant Western trauma theory participates in this exclusion failing to account for the ongoing suffering common to non-Western colonial and postcolonial contexts. O’Brien explores how Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner) Nadeem Aslam (The Wasted Vigil The Blind Man’s Garden) and Kamila Shamsie (Burnt Shadows) represent marginalised perspectives in the context of the war on terror. | Trauma and Fictions of the War on Terror Disrupting Memory

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A History of Religion in America From the End of the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

A History of Religion in America From the End of the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

A History of Religion in America: From the End of the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century provides comprehensive coverage of the history of religion in America from the end of the American Civil War to religion in post 9/11 America. The volume explores major religious groups in the United States and examines the following topics: The aftermath of the American Civil War Immigration’s impact on American religion The rise of the social gospel The fundamentalist response Religion in Cold War America The 60’s counterculture and the backlash Religion in Post-9/11 America Chronologically arranged and integrating various religious developments into a coherent historical narrative this book also contains useful chapter summaries and review questions. Designed for undergraduate religious studies and history students A History of Religion in America provides a substantive and comprehensive introduction to the complexity of religion in American history. | A History of Religion in America From the End of the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

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Narratives of the War on Terror Global Perspectives

Narratives of the War on Terror Global Perspectives

Challenging the predominantly Euro-American approaches to the field this volume brings together essays on a wide array of literary filmic and journalistic responses to the decade-long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shifting the focus from so-called 9/11 literature to narratives of the war on terror and from the transatlantic world to Iraq Syria Afghanistan the Afghan-Pak border region South Waziristan Al-Andalus and Kenya the book captures the multiple transnational reverberations of the discourses on terrorism counter-terrorism and insurgency. These include but are not restricted to the realignment of geopolitical power relations; the formation of new terrorist networks (ISIS) and regional alliances (Iraq/Syria); the growing number of terrorist incidents in the West; the changing discourses on security and technologies of warfare; and the leveraging of fundamental constitutional principles. The essays featured in this volume draw upon and critically engage with the conceptual trajectories within American literary debates postcolonial discourse and transatlantic literary criticism. Collectively they move away from the trauma-centrism and residual US-centrism of early literary responses to 9/11 and the criticism thereon while responding to postcolonial theory’s call for a historical foregrounding of terrorism insurgency and armed violence in the colonial-imperial power nexus. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies. | Narratives of the War on Terror Global Perspectives

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