Narrative Landmines : : Rumors, Islamist Extremism, and the Struggle for Strategic Influence / / Daniel Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong, Chris Lundry, Scott W. Ruston.
Islamic extremism is the dominant security concern of many contemporary governments, spanning the industrialized West to the developing world. Narrative Landmines explores how rumors fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, an...
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | New Directions in International Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 p.) :; 17 illustrations, 8 photographs, 4 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Narrative IEDs
- 1. Rumor Theory: Narrative Systems and Hegemonic Struggles in Contested Populations
- 2. Rumor Transmediation: Critical Mash-ups and a Singaporean Prison Break
- 3. Rumor Mosaics: Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq’s Triangle of Death
- 4. Whisper Campaigns: State-Sponsored Rumors and the Post-Mortem (De)Construction of an Indonesian Terrorist
- 5. Coercion and Consent: Narrative Countermeasures in the Battle for “Hearts and Minds”
- Glossary
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index