Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-9/11 America

by Stacy Takacs

Book Overview

The Fox-TV series 24 might have been in production long before its premier just two months after 9/11, but its storyline--and that of many other television programs--has since become inextricably embedded in the nation's popular consciousness. This book marks the first comprehensive survey and analysis of War on Terror themes in post-9/11 American television, critiquing those shows that--either blindly or intentionally--supported the Bush administration's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700618384
• ISBN13: 9780700618385
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"