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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
    Publication Date: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780520295384, 978-0520295384
    ISBN10: 0520295382

    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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