Terror and Taboo: The Follies, Fables, and Faces of Terrorism

by Joseba Zulaika and William Douglass

Book Overview

Terror and Taboo is about the mythology of terrorism; it is an exploration of the ways we talk about terrorism. It offers incontestable evidence to support the idea that we give power to terrorism by the way we write and talk about it. According to Zulaika and Douglass, we make terrorism worse by the way we represent it in the media and in everyday conversation. Through their examination of terrorism, they propose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041591759X
• ISBN13: 9780415917599
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"