"The Narrative Construction of Identity: The Adequation of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the 'War on Terror'" by Adam Hodges

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The Narrative Construction of Identity: The Adequation of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the 'War on Terror'

Discourse, War and Terrorism (2007)

Adam Hodges, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Abstract

This chapter explores the power of narrative to shape sociopolitical reality. Against the backdrop of Bush administration claims about a connection between Iraq and Al-Qaeda and the acceptance of those claims among a large portion of the American public, how is such a linkage discursively constructed?

Disciplines

Rhetoric,
Linguistic Anthropology,
Communication and
Linguistics

Publication Date

2007

Editor

Adam Hodges and Chad Nilep

Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

978 90 272 0624 4

Citation Information

Adam Hodges. "The Narrative Construction of Identity: The Adequation of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in the 'War on Terror'" Discourse, War and Terrorism (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adamhodges/9/