Name: Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror (en Inglés)
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Author: Halliday, Fred
ISBN: 9780520268708

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Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Fred Halliday

Editorial

University of California Press

Año

2011

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

360

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.4x13.8x2.6 cm

Peso

0.45 kg.

ISBN

0520268709

ISBN13

9780520268708

Categorías

Diccionarios
Terrorismo, lucha armada
Historia militar

Shocked and Awed: A Dictionary of the War on Terror (en Inglés)

Fred Halliday (Autor) · University of California Press · Tapa Blanda

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Part reference, part polemic, part compelling snapshot of our times, Shocked and Awed is a bristling arsenal of potent weapons: words. Fred Halliday's unorthodox dictionary defines hundreds of words and phrases used about 9/11, the wars and other events that have followed it, and ongoing issues linked to those events. He shows how the War on Terror, itself a fascinating linguistic construct, has brought us not just new words, such as "Gitmo," and new imports, such as "jihad," but also new ways of using existing language, such as "extraordinary rendition." His definitions include religious, political, and military terms; famous quotes and phrases; cultural phenomena and personalities; euphemisms of war; important Middle Eastern vocabulary; stereotypes and insults; and much more. Taken together, these words tell a new story about the power and malleability of language and its important role in the central conflicts of our day. An essential reference, Shocked and Awed will keep readers informed and up-to-date on the global vocabulary war being waged around us in the twenty-first century.