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<p>Good topic! I assume your student is thinking of the U.S., but there are some great comparative cases of reframing political separatist movements as "terrorist." One of the more flagrant examples of this is to be found in the Russian government's successful
re-presentation of Chechen separatists as "terrorists" in the 1990s and early 2000s, which was a discursive prerequisite for mounting "counter-terrorist operations" (read: massively bloody wars) there. What makes this case particularly salient for similar
discussions in the U.S. is that it looks like Chechen would-be separatists have been radicalized and acts of terror made increasingly common over the 1990s-2000s
<em>in response to </em>the military actions justified by labeling Chechen separatists "terrorists." There has been quite a lot written on this in English, mostly by political scientists and military/intelligence types (and apologies if I'm forgetting or missing
any ling anth work!). Here, for instance, is an interesting comparison of Chechnya, Kurdistan, and Kosovo--sort of a media discourse analysis by a political scientist using "framing" as the main theoretical framework:
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<p>Pokalova: <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10576101003691564">
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<p>Or Snetkov: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09668130701655192">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09668130701655192</a></p>
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<p>Both of these articles compare media discourse surrounding events, either in different locations or across time, which would be a sensible way to go about your student's project too.
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I have a student who is doing a similar project -- looking at when "terrorist" is used or when the "loner" label or mental health diagnosis predominates -- and comparing usage across different media (tabloid vs. broadsheet) and stories. Reference to the killer
of British MP Jo Cox, for instance, was initially to his mental health and later to terrorism. She is also noticing how "hate crime" is another label. (Jo Cox's family refer to her murder as a hate crime, and not an act of terrorism, for instance.) I don't
have the reference handy, but Rae Moses wrote a short chapter about the language of hate some years ago which students find useful. Anyway -- I'll pass along your email, Sonya, and perhaps the two of them can confer.</p>
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<div>I have an undergrad student taking my Language & Culture class, and she sent me the following query:</div>
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<div>I’ve pointed her to social media and the news, and will meet with her to discuss other options. But I was wondering if anyone here could recommend any materials that she could read on the topic.</div>
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