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This book is the first, sustained close reading of Russian-language online media accounts of the 2004 Beslan school siege, now seen as a vital turning point in Russia’s approach to terrorism and in the Putin/Medvedev presidencies.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Socio-narrative theory: narratives, text, narrators
2. RIA-Novosti: ‘No front line and an invisible enemy’
3. Kavkazcenter: ‘Mister Putin, you are a butcher’
4. Caucasian Knot: ‘I have five children in that school, do you understand?’
5. Translated narratives: a narrow gate
Conclusions, reflection and conflict dissolution

Beslan Six Stories of the Siege

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/2012
      ISBN13: 9780719085352, 978-0719085352
      ISBN10: 719085357

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is the first, sustained close reading of Russian-language online media accounts of the 2004 Beslan school siege, now seen as a vital turning point in Russia’s approach to terrorism and in the Putin/Medvedev presidencies.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Socio-narrative theory: narratives, text, narrators
      2. RIA-Novosti: ‘No front line and an invisible enemy’
      3. Kavkazcenter: ‘Mister Putin, you are a butcher’
      4. Caucasian Knot: ‘I have five children in that school, do you understand?’
      5. Translated narratives: a narrow gate
      Conclusions, reflection and conflict dissolution

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