The Impact of 9 11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment: The Day that Changed Everything?

The Impact of 9-11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time. Contributors include PJ Crowley, Mel Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Michèle Cloonan, and other leading scholars. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 16 About the Contributors......Page 18 Introduction......Page 22 Part I: New Narratives and the Media......Page 28 1. Aggressive Action: In Search of a Dominant Narrative......Page 30 2. The 9/11 Attacks and the Social Construction of a National Narrative......Page 46 3. The Battle of Narratives: The Real Central Front against Al Qaeda......Page 58 4. Islamic Terrorism: The Red Menace of the Twenty-First Century......Page 72 5. Escape from 9/11: Back to the Future of the Mass Society......Page 84 6. The Resurgence of U.S. Public Diplomacy after 9/11......Page 98 7. Leaving the Cave: Government, Culture, and the Information Age......Page 110 8. A Distracted Media: Sidetracked and Hoodwinked......Page 120 Part II: The Arts and Entertainment......Page 138 9. Reading Afghanistan Post-9/11......Page 140 10. 9/11 in the Novel......Page 162 11. Poetry, a New Voice for Dissent......Page 172 12. "all language bankrupt": On the Poetics of Solidarity......Page 186 13. Libraries, Archives, and the Pursuit of Access......Page 202 14. Hollywood 9/11: Time of Crisis......Page 216 15. Screaming Her Way into the Hearts of Audiences: Dakota Fanning as Post-9/11 Child Star......Page 230 16. Sporting Spectacle and the Post-9/11 Patriarchal Body Politic......Page 242 17. NASCAR's Role Post-9/11: Supporting All Things American......Page 256 D......Page 272 M......Page 273 W......Page 274 Z......Page 275 "The Impact of 9/11 on Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? - edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time."--BOOK JACKET The Impact of 9-11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? This volume's contributors include P.J. Crowley, Mel Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Michèle Cloonan, and other leading scholars. The Impact of 9-11 on the Media, Arts, and Entertainment is the fourth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? This volume's contributors include P.J. Crowley, Mel Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Michele Cloonan, and other leading scholars. This volume's contributors include P.J. Crowley, Mel Dubnick, Nancy Snow, Michele Cloonan, and other leading scholars. It allows leading thinkers of our time to reflect on the most significant event of our time