Ella Shohat, Robert Stam

Flagging Patriotism (eBook, PDF)

Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism

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Produktbeschreibung

The question "Why do they hate us?" is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it's not clear to whom "they" or "us" refers, nor even what "hate" means. In this bold new work, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam take apart the "hate discourse" of right-wing politics, placing it in an international context. How, for example, do other nations love themselves, and how is that love connected to their attitudes toward America? Is love of country "monogamous" or can one love many countries? When can a country's self-love be a symptom of self-hatred?

Drawing upon their extensive experience with South American, European, and Middle Eastern societies, the authors have written a long engagement with a problem that refuses to go away. Flagging Patriotism considers these complex features of "being patriotic," and in so doing insists that the idea of patriotism, instead of being rejected or embraced, be accorded the complex identity it possesses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135863968
• Artikelnr.: 39909705

Autorenporträt

Ella Shohat is Professor in the Departments of Art and Public Policy and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University. She is co-author, with Robert Stam, ofUnthinking Eurocentrism, also published by Routledge. Her other books include Talking Visions: Multiculturalism ina Transnational Age, Israeli Cinema: East/West and thePolitics of Representation, and Taboo Memories, Dasporic Voices.Robert Stam is University Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. He is co-author, with Ella Shohat, of Unthinking Eurocentrism, and, with Robert Burgoyne and Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, of New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics, both published by Routledge. His many other books include Film Theory: AnIntroduction, A Companion to Film Theory, Film andTheory: An Anthology, and Tropical Multiculturalism: AComparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema andCulture.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Love, Hate, and the Nation-StateI. On Narcissism and
ExceptionalismPatriotism: Myths that Bind and BlindThe Angels, and Devils,
of HistoryU.S. Exceptionalism: The City on the HillFrench Exceptionalism:
Grandeur and la Mission CivilisatriceExceptionalism Light: God is Brazilian
II. Variations on an Anti-American ThemeSibling Rivalries: Anti-Americanism
in FranceL'Obsession: Anti-Americanism after 9/11Imaginary Tribes: the
Anglo-SaxonsBrazil and the Collosus to the NorthThe View from the SouthFrom
Francophilia to FrancophobiaAnti-French Hysteria and the American
RightAnti-Semitism, Misogny, and the NeoConsIII. Discrepant Histories of
CitizenshipNew Debates about Old RevolutionsIn the Name of God and the
RepublicFoundational ContradictionsCitizenship in BrazilConstitutions and
their DiscontentsThe Crisis of American Freedom Disjunctive DemocracyIV.
Political Sense, Cultural NonsenseReturn to Exceptionalism: Socialism in
AmericaThe Protestant Ethic/EthnicMisreading American ReligionAnglo-Saxons:
the SequelLes Mains Salles, or Dirty HandsSubmerged Narcissisms
Anti-Americanism: Dumb and SmartImrika Watani: An Arab-American Dirge for
9/11V. Contemporary Politics and the Crisis of DemocracyPricks and WimpsThe
Fine Art of LyingFear, Catharsis and the Daily ShowSodomy, Sadism, and the
Christian RightPatriotic BlackmailThe Pentagonization of PatriotismThe
Demise of ReciprocityThe Illiberal MediaThe Wages of ExceptionalismVI. None
Dare Call it PatriotismThe Contradictions of the RightWrestling with
PatriotismWhy The Superpatriots are Not Patriots Patriotic
FictionsPatriotism and the Pursuit of HappinessConclusionNotesIndex