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Cultural Rhetorics of American Exceptionalism and the bin Laden Raid by Marouf A. Hasian, Megan Mcfarlane (Hardback, 2013)

The stories that are told about the death of Osama bin Laden are interculturally significant as a reminder of the many culturally contested junctures, fissures, and ruptures that circulate in the true stories that are told about Operation Neptune's Spear. This book's critical intercultural approach investigates what U.S. and international audiences were saying about other cultures while they wrote and talked about the bin Laden raid. The book explains why so many elite and public cultural communities have a vested interest in telling the story of what happened during the famous raid. The authors argue that these mediated debates have become inextricably entangled in political, military, cultural, and legal rhetorics of American exceptionalism , where various U.S. and international audiences defend or attack particular interpretations of the raid and comment on the unique values and characteristics of America's Way of War. This important book gives readers a sense of what these exceptionalist rhetorics look like when they circulate in different cultural and military contexts.

Series Part/Volume Number
18
First Published
2013
Series Title
Critical Intercultural Communication Studies
Author Biography
Marouf A. Hasian, Jr. is Professor of Communication in the department of communication at the University of Utah. He is the author of five books including In the Name of Necessity: Military Tribunals and the Loss of American Civil Liberties (2005) and Colonial Legacies in Postcolonial Contexts: A Critical Rhetorical Examination of Legal Histories (Peter Lang, 2002). Megan D. McFarlane is a PhD student of communication at the University of Utah.
Date of Publication
12/07/2013
Edition Statement
New Edition
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
The Arts: General & Référence

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