Cloning Terror

Cloning Terror
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9780226532608
ISBN-13 : 0226532607
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Book Synopsis Cloning Terror by : W. J. T. Mitchell

Download or read book Cloning Terror written by W. J. T. Mitchell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase 'War on Terror' has quietly been retired from official usage, but it persists in the American psyche, and our understanding of it is hardly complete. Exploring the role of verbal and visual images in the War on Terror, the author finds a conflict whose shaky metaphoric and imaginary conception has created its own reality.


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