The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America

In this most original examination of America's post-9/11 culture, Susan Faludi shines a light on the psychological response to the attacks on that terrible day. Turning her acute observational powers on the media, popular culture, and political life, Faludi unearths a societal drama shot through with baffling contradictions. Why, she asks, did Americans respond to an assault against American global dominance with a frenzied summons to restore 'traditional' manhood, ... >Voir plus