2012-01-01
Rhetorical insurgents: Biopolitics and the insurrectionary rhetoric of McLuhan's cool media
Publication
Publication
Canadian Review of American Studies
,
Volume 42
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Issue 2
p. 123-
141
This essay examines the subversive political potential of censored cartoons by the Guantánamo prisoner, Sami al-Hajj. In McLuhan's terms, these cartoons constitute cool media, which I read as a rhetorical response to biopolitical (Foucault) forms of governmental power. I conclude by reflecting on the ethical demands of such media.
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| Keywords | biopolitics, biopolitique, cartoons, cool media, dessins, Guantánamo, insurrection, Marshall McLuhan, médium froid, Michel Foucault, Sami al-Hajj |
| Persistent URL | dx.doi.org/10.3138/cras.42.2.123 |
| Journal | Canadian Review of American Studies |
| Citation |
Murray, S.J. (2012). Rhetorical insurgents: Biopolitics and the insurrectionary rhetoric of McLuhan's cool media. Canadian Review of American Studies, 42(2), 123–141. doi:10.3138/cras.42.2.123
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