Urban Fears and Global Terrors

Urban Fears and Global Terrors

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2007
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Sociedad y cultura: general
ISBN:
9780415436144

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This book looks at 7/7 - the events, the loss, the fear and mourning that followed. It shapes narratives of social theory that can help readers understand the world after 9/11, offering new forms of social theory and new narrative methodologies.

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