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
Inhoudsopgave
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
Over de auteur
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.
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