- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part 2 Part I: Metaphor Matters
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 1. Weaponizing Words: Metaphor and War
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 2. Making Enemies: Propaganda and the Making of the Orientalist "Other"
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 3. Rallying Racism: Dehumanization and Genocide
- Part 6 Part II: Enlisting Discourse
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 4. Rats in the Trap: Animal Metaphors in the News
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 5. Infestation and Eradication: Exterminationist Rhetoric in Political Cartoons
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 6. HateSpeak: Discourses of Dehumanization in Talk Radio
- Part 10 Part III: Dangerous Discourses
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 7. Media March to War: Understanding News Filters
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 8. Boiling the Blood and Narrowing the Mind: Fomenting Backlash
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 9. Talking Our War to Peace: New Metaphors for Change.
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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 be intensified by a responsive violence of metaphor, Steuter and Wills examine compelling examples of the images of animal, insect, and disease that inform, shape, and limit our understanding of the war on terror. Tying these images to historical and contemporary uses of propaganda through a readable, accessible analysis of media filters, At War with Metaphor vividly explores how news media, including political cartoons and talk radio, are enmeshed in these damaging, dehumanizing metaphors. Analyzing media through the lenses of race and Orientalism, it invites us to hold our media and ourselves accountable for the choices we make in talking war and making enemies.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
At War with Metaphor offers a compelling analysis of our public discussions of the war on terror and the binding conceptual metaphors through which they are framed. Examining the images of animal, insect, and disease that shape and limit our understanding of the war, and tying these images to historical and contemporary uses of propaganda and media filters, the authors explore how news media, including political cartoons and talk radio, are enmeshed in this damaging, dehumanizing language.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)