AMCS 450 - 9/11 and the War on Terror in U.S. Culture

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Washington University in St Louis

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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 stand as the defining moment for United States foreign policy and, perhaps more generally, United States culture in the past decade. This course examines how these attacks and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been represented in recent U.S. culture. Our discussions take seriously the premise that cultural texts do not simply reflect extant cultural ideas but rather play a critical role in the discursive production of competing ideas about events, their cultural significance, and their political import. We interrogate how a range of texts that includes memoir, film, fiction, memorial practices, government documents, music, and media accounts have participated in shaping cultural ideas regarding not only the events of September 11 and the United States' political, military, and cultural response to them but also debates over larger questions of race, gender, citizenship, patriotism, and the United States' role in global affairs.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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