Intervention Narratives examines contradictory cultural representations of the US intervention in Afghanistan that justify an imperial foreign policy. Bose demonstrates that contemporary imperialism operates on an ideologically diverse terrain by marshaling familiar tropes of entrepreneurship, pet love, and Orientalist stereotypes to enlist support for the war across the political spectrum.
Intervention Narratives examines contradictory cultural representations of the US intervention in Afghanistan that justify an imperial foreign policy. Bose demonstrates that contemporary imperialism operates on an ideologically diverse terrain by marshaling familiar tropes of entrepreneurship, pet love, and Orientalist stereotypes to enlist support for the war across the political spectrum.
PURNIMA BOSE is associate professor of English and international studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, and also serves as chairperson of the international studies department. Her publications include Organizing Empire: Individualism, Collective Agency & India and co-edited volumes with Laura E. Lyons: Cultural Critique and the Global Corporation and a special issue of Biography on "Corporate Personhood."
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Contents Acronyms ix Introduction: Intervention Narratives and Geopolitical Fetishism 1 The Premature-Withdrawal Narrative Hegemonic Masculinities and the Liberal Humanist Subject 2 The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative Afghan Women and Micro-Entrepreneurship 3 The Canine-Rescue Narrative and Post-Humanist Humanitarianism 4 The Retributive-Justice Narrative Osama bin Laden as Simulacra Postscript: Three Presidents, One Policy Acknowledgments Notes Index
Contents Acronyms ix Introduction: Intervention Narratives and Geopolitical Fetishism 1 The Premature-Withdrawal Narrative Hegemonic Masculinities and the Liberal Humanist Subject 2 The Capitalist-Rescue Narrative Afghan Women and Micro-Entrepreneurship 3 The Canine-Rescue Narrative and Post-Humanist Humanitarianism 4 The Retributive-Justice Narrative Osama bin Laden as Simulacra Postscript: Three Presidents, One Policy Acknowledgments Notes Index
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