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"With a lucid and accessible tour of political theory . . . [Jelly-Schapiro] prepares his readers for astute interpretations of several recent fictional texts and films . . . The book is cultural studies at its best." * Times Higher Education *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: History, Narrative, and the War on Terror 1
1 • “All the World Was America”: The Long History of Homeland Security 20
2 • “A General Principle of Democracy”: Terror and Colonial Modernity 44
3 • “Choc en Retour”: Security, Terror, Theory 74
4 • “Vanishing Points”: Postcolonial America 105
5 • “This Is Our Threnody”: Writing History as Catastrophe 140
Epilogue: Rupture and Colonial Modernity 163
Notes 179
Bibliography 203

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 5 November 2018
      ISBN-13 9780520295384
      978-0520295384
      ISBN-10 0520295382
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Comparative literature General and world history History of the Americas

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "With a lucid and accessible tour of political theory . . . [Jelly-Schapiro] prepares his readers for astute interpretations of several recent fictional texts and films . . . The book is cultural studies at its best." * Times Higher Education *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix
      Introduction: History, Narrative, and the War on Terror 1
      1 • “All the World Was America”: The Long History of Homeland Security 20
      2 • “A General Principle of Democracy”: Terror and Colonial Modernity 44
      3 • “Choc en Retour”: Security, Terror, Theory 74
      4 • “Vanishing Points”: Postcolonial America 105
      5 • “This Is Our Threnody”: Writing History as Catastrophe 140
      Epilogue: Rupture and Colonial Modernity 163
      Notes 179
      Bibliography 203

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