Signs of war from patriotism to dissent

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Yellow ribbons everywhere and no meaning to be found / Ernest A. Hakanen -- Political bumper stickers and vehicle class : are SUVs the enemy? / David J. Koch and Douglas V. Porpora -- The stars and stripes in the year after 9/11 : "Rally 'round the flag" or "The flag is a rag" / Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell -- A small world--and its flags--in a much bigger one / Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood -- Searching for Common sense : the roots of George W. Bush's war rhetoric / Michael J. Butler -- The pornographic barbarism of the self-reflecting sign / Paul A. Taylor -- Warlords of the Iraqi blogosphere / Priscilla Ringrose -- Warriors or Amazons : how opposing the war in Iraq became a gender issue in Mexico / Maria de la luz Matus-Mendoza -- Not so "far from Vietnam" : a study of war, film, and the media / Jonathan Ervine -- War, nationalism, fear, cruelty, religion : comparing depictions of Amerindians in nineteenth-century French Canadian literature and Muslims in American political cartoons, 2001-2006 / Vincent Masse -- War and peace in Christian prayer / Susan Berg, Tor Berg, and David Nice.