"A terrorism of the rich": Symbolic violence in Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama and J G Ballard's Super-Cannes
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Stephenson, WilliamAffiliation
University of ChesterPublication Date
2007-03
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This article discusses two contemporary novels that question the received idea of terrorism as the desperate violence of disenfranchised groups. Glamorama and Super-Cannes symbolize the violence perpetrated by Western states and institutions by presenting us with terrorists who are corporate executives and supermodels, and who inflict their violence on ethnic minorities, or allow them to be wrongly blamed for it.Citation
Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 2007, 48(3), pp. 278-293Publisher
Taylor & FrancisAdditional Links
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0011-16191939-9138
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10.3200/CRIT.48.3.278-294