David Slocum
J. David Slocum, BA, MA, PhD is a lecturer and Associate Dean of Academic and Student Life in New York University, U.S.A. This paper is based on a lecture delivered to Soegijapranata Catholic University Semarang, Indonesia on February 7th, 2005.

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REVISITING THE IMPERIAL IMAGINARY: NOTES ON POST 9/11 AMERICAN MEDIA David Slocum
Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature Vol 5, No 1: July 2005
Publisher : Soegijapranata Catholic University

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Abstract

The Islamic Middle East has emerged, at least since the fist World Trade Center bombing of 1993, as the site of foremost post-Cold War antagonism with, and threat to, the West. Yet that positioning in state policy and the popular imaginary has deep roots. This paper hopes to show, that antagonism is most forcefully grounded in discourses of terrorism. The emphasis here will be on what might be term the imperial aesthetics that have shaped political and media constructions of the Middle East.