9/11 Culture / Edition 1

9/11 Culture / Edition 1

by Jeffrey Melnick
ISBN-10:
1405173718
ISBN-13:
9781405173711
Pub. Date:
04/06/2009
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
1405173718
ISBN-13:
9781405173711
Pub. Date:
04/06/2009
Publisher:
Wiley
9/11 Culture / Edition 1

9/11 Culture / Edition 1

by Jeffrey Melnick
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Overview

9/11 Culture serves as a timely and accessible introduction to the complexities of American culture in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
  • Gives balanced examinations of a broad catalogue of artifacts from film, music, photography, literary fiction, and other popular arts
  • Investigates the ways that 9/11 has exerted a shaping force on a wide range of practices, from the politics of femininity to the poetics of redemption
  • Includes pedagogical material to assist understanding and teaching, including film and discographies, and a useful teachers' preface

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405173711
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 04/06/2009
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jeffrey Melnick is Associate Professor of American Studies at Babson College. He is author of two books on Black-Jewish relations: A Right to Sing the Blues: African Americans, Jews, and American Popular Song (1999) and Black-Jewish Relations on Trial: Leo Frank and Jim Conley in the New South (2000). Melnick is an active public speaker has appeared many times on local and national radio and television.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction: 9/11 Questions (and Answers) 1

1 Rumors 25

2 Telethon 50

3 Snapshots 64

4 Rising 78

5 Us 94

6 Tools 122

7 Shout-Outs 141

Bibliography 160

Appendix 1: 9/11 in Film and on Television 169

Appendix 2: 9/11 Music 172

A Note to Teachers 177

Index 180

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