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The Sleeper Agent in Post-9/11 Media

The Sleeper Agent in Post-9/11 Media

Ossa, Vanessa

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Film StudiesGeneral Graphic NovelsGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 303111518X
ISBN13: 9783031115189
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 3 2024
Pages: 323
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book examines the figure of the sleeper agent as part of post-9/11 political, journalistic and fictional discourse. There is a tendency to discuss the terroristic threat after 9/11 as either a faraway enemy to be hunted down by military force or, on the other hand, as a ubiquitous, intangible threat that required constant alertness at home. The missing link between these two is the sleeper agent - the foreign enemy hiding among US citizens. By analyzing popular television shows, several US comic books, and a broad variety of Hollywood films that depict sleeper agents direct or allegorically, this book explores how a shift in perspective--from terrorist to sleeper agent--brings new insights into our understanding of post-9/11 representations of terrorism. The book's interdisciplinary focus between media studies, cultural studies, and American studies, suggests that it will find an audience in a variety of fields, including historical research, narratology, popular culture, as well asmedia and terrorism studies.

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