[Linganth] FW: Query from a student looking for resources on the way "terrorist" is used in everyday discourse

[Jennifer Guzmán]

One older but worthwhile article she could take a look at is Cohn's
(1987) Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals.
Signs 12(4):687-718, which has some eery parallels to dominant
discourse today about such things as terrorism.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Pritzker, Sonya <sonya.pritzker at ua.edu> wrote:
>
> From: "Pritzker, Sonya" <sonya.pritzker at ua.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM
> To: Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group
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> Subject: Query from a student looking for resources on the way "terrorist"
> is used in everyday discourse
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have an undergrad student taking my Language & Culture class, and she sent
> me the following query:
>
>  "I am really interested in doing research on the ramifications of using the
> word terrorism and how different actors use that word to designate certain
> groups as terrorists. Let me know if there is anything more i could look
> into or if this not something linguistic anthropology would deal with."
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks!
> Sonya
>
>
> Sonya Pritzker, Ph.D.,  Assistant Professor
> University of Alabama, Department of Anthropology
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