{"product_id":"the-sleeper-agent-in-post-911-media-9783031115189","title":"The Sleeper Agent in Post-9\/11 Media","description":"This book examines the figure of the sleeper agent as part of post-9\/11 political, journalistic and fictional discourse. There is a tendency to discuss the terroristic threat after 9\/11 as either a faraway enemy to be hunted down by military force or, on the other hand, as a ubiquitous, intangible threat that required constant alertness at home. The missing link between these two is the sleeper agent - the foreign enemy hiding among US citizens. By analyzing popular television shows, several US comic books, and a broad variety of Hollywood films that depict sleeper agents direct or allegorically, this book explores how a shift in perspective--from terrorist to sleeper agent--brings new insights into our understanding of post-9\/11 representations of terrorism. The book's interdisciplinary focus between media studies, cultural studies, and American studies, suggests that it will find an audience in a variety of fields, including historical research, narratology, popular culture, as well asmedia and terrorism studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Ossa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031115189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanessa Ossa\u003c\/b\u003e is Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Applied Science in Cologne, Germany. She is a former member of the Collaborative Research Center 923 \"Threatened Order--Societies under Stress,\" in Tübingen and co-editor of, \"\u003ci\u003eThreat Communication and the US Order after 9\/11: Medial Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e.\" Her research focuses on narrative representations of post-9\/11 terrorism and transmedial narratology, with a particular interest in films, fictional television, comic books, video games, and related participatory practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43130407551091,"sku":"9.78303E+12","price":179.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c2a96bd5-afa7-4490-b12e-6dbc0e92b54f.jpg?v=1749819341","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-sleeper-agent-in-post-911-media-9783031115189","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}