QUESTIONING A CULTURAL LANDMARK: THE TWIN TOWERS AS CENTER
QUESTIONING A CULTURAL LANDMARK: THE TWIN TOWERS AS CENTER
Author(s): Alexandru OravițanSubject(s): Cultural Essay
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Americanness;cultural hegemony;deconstruction;9/11;semiotics;World Trade Center;
Summary/Abstract: The centered nature of the Twin Towers within the post-9/11 phenomenon deserves an analysis due to its now iconic status in the history of the early 21st century. A view through the lens of Derridean deconstruction reveals a semiotic framework which questions this grounding locus of an entire order in the Western world and from which agents of cultural hegemony irradiate.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 101-107
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
