scholarly journals We’re doing this because you were home: an analysis of elements of the slasher formula in The Strangers (2008)

Literartes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (15) ◽  
pp. 215-242
Author(s):  
Vitor Fernandes ◽  
Claudio Vescia Zanini
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Horror Story ◽  
Slasher Films

This article verifies how Bryan Bertino’s 2008 film The Strangers articulates the slasher formula (CLOVER, 2015; DIKA, 1985) in order to tell a horror story that is in tune with the cultural context from the first decade of the 2000s in the United States. Drawing from analyses of the cultural impact of the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, we point out evolutions in the slasher convention, including the dissidence from slasher films made to be deeply self-referential and campy. We also demonstrate how the recognizable structure is subverted to play with viewer expectations, potentializing its bleak and nihilistic ending, a narrative feature described by Pinedo (1996) as a post-modernist trend that breaks away from the classical horror structure.

scholarly journals Pemberatasan Tindak Pidana Terorisme di Indonesia (Analisis Terhadap Undang-Undang Nomor 15 dan 16 Tahun 2003 Berdasarkan Teori Hukum)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mukri Aji
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Eradicating Criminal Acts of Terrorism in Indonesia: Legal Theory Perspective. The terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001 has fundamentally changed the United States and the world's understanding towards the dangers posed by terrorism. As a result, the Act (Act) Anti-Terrorism Law No. 15 and 16 of 2003 was regulated and legalized by the House of Representatives (DPR). Anti-Terrorism Act is expected to provide support functions as a component of the rule of law and a fair legal basis, and effectively prevent the occurrence of acts of terrorism. This article focused on analyzing the anti-terrorism act based on the applicable legal theory. DOI: 10.15408/jch.v1i1.2980

Data measurement and the change in persistence of tourist arrivals to the United States in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E Payne ◽  
Luis A Gil-Alana
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fractional Integration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Data Measurement ◽  
International Tourist ◽  
The World ◽  
Integration Techniques

This research note examines the change in data measurement for international tourist arrivals to the United States due to the requirement that all tourists must complete the INS I-94 entry form and its impact on tourist arrivals in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Using fractional integration techniques, we find that the majority of tourist arrivals from various regions around the world are mean reverting, but the degree of persistence increased in the post-September 2001 period.

scholarly journals PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN AFGHANISTAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-129
Author(s):  
Monika KORNACKA
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The World ◽  
Hearts And Minds ◽  
The U.S

The United States failed to prevent the terrorist attacks of September 11th despite its superpower status and great potential. The severe response to the attacks - interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq - did not provide a sense of security to the Americans. Moreover, these actions resulted in the loss of popularity and credibility of the United States throughout the world, especially within Muslim populations. This article provides background on the U.S. public diplomacy efforts in Afghanistan, presents a brief overview of tools used to win “hearts and minds” of Afghans as well as recommendations and conclusions concerning the conduct of public diplomacy in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

Terrorism. Industry prevention and the Chemical Weapons Convention

2002 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 2277-2280
Author(s):  
Marybeth Kelliher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
International Council ◽  
Chemical Weapons Convention ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The U.S

The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks introduced the United States to domestic and complex terrorism. According to terrorism experts, public and private sector targets are indistinguishable to the perpetrators of this evolved form of terrorism. The global chemical industry’s counteroffensive against international terrorism depends in part on implementation of the Chemicals Weapons Convention (CWC), long supported by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and its sister associations in the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA). This paper describes the U.S. chemical industry’s response to September 11th and how adherence to the letter and spirit of the CWC helps prevent terrorism.

Emigrant Psychoanalysts in the USA and the FBI Archives

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Goggin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
National Socialism ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Due Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
External Threats ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Rich ◽  
New Nation

Interest in the fate of the German psychoanalysts who had to flee Hitler's Germany and find refuge in a new nation, such as the United States, has increased. The ‘émigré research’ shows that several themes recur: (1) the theme of ‘loss’ of one's culture, homeland, language, and family; and (2) the ambiva-lent welcome these émigrés received in their new country. We describe the political-social-cultural context that existed in the United States during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Documentary evidence found in the FBI files of three émigré psychoanalysts, Clara Happel, Martin Grotjahn, and Otto Fenichel, are then presented in combination with other source material. This provides a provisional impression of how each of these three individuals experienced their emigration. As such, it gives us elements of a history. The FBI documents suggest that the American atmosphere of political insecurity and fear-based ethnocentric nationalism may have reinforced their old fears of National Socialism, and contributed to their inclination to inhibit or seal off parts of them-selves and their personal histories in order to adapt to their new home and become Americanized. They abandoned the rich social, cultural, political tradition that was part of European psychoanalysis. Finally, we look at these elements of a history in order to ask a larger question about the appropriate balance between a liberal democratic government's right to protect itself from internal and external threats on the one hand, or crossover into the blatant invasion of civil rights and due process on the other.

Refuge in the National Security State

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Cristina García
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
The World ◽  
National Security State

In response to the terrorist attacks of 1993 and 2001, the Clinton and Bush administrations restructured the immigration bureaucracy, placed it within the new Department of Homeland Security, and tried to convey to Americans a greater sense of safety. Refugees, especially those from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, suffered the consequences of the new national security state policies, and found it increasingly difficult to find refuge in the United States. In the post-9/11 era, refugee advocates became even more important to the admission of refugees, reminding Americans of their humanitarian obligations, especially to those refugees who came from areas of the world where US foreign policy had played a role in displacing populations.

scholarly journals Anxiety- and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of China and the United States

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jin You ◽  
Qian Lu ◽  
Michael J. Zvolensky ◽  
Zhiqiang Meng ◽  
Kay Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
United States ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Chinese Patients

Purpose Literature has documented the prevalence of anxiety and its adverse effect on quality of life among patients with breast cancer from Western countries, yet cross-cultural examinations with non-Western patients are rare. This cross-cultural study investigated differences in anxiety and its association with quality of life between US and Chinese patients with breast cancer. Methods Patients with breast cancer from the United States and China completed measures for anxiety (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast). Results After controlling for demographic and medical characteristics, Chinese patients reported higher levels of trait and state anxiety than US patients. Although there was an association between anxiety and quality of life in both groups of patients, the association between state anxiety and quality of life was stronger among Chinese patients than among US patients, with the association between trait anxiety and quality of life the same between the two cultural samples. Conclusion These findings suggest that anxiety and its association with quality of life among patients with breast cancer varies depending on cultural context, which reveals greater anxiety and poorer quality of life among Chinese patients compared with US patients. This suggests greater unmet psychosocial needs among Chinese patients and highlights the need to build comprehensive cancer care systems for a better quality of life in Chinese populations.

Fields of Danger: The Looming Threat of Agroterrorism on the United States’ Agriculture

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall Haley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
The United States ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Crop Fields ◽  
Imported Food

Abstract An attack on America’s food supply could come in many forms such as: poisoning imported food, burning crop fields, or a conventional terrorist attacks on food centers; however, one of the most frightening and potentially disastrous scenarios for an attack is a coordinated, biological agroterrorism attack released on the nation’s livestock or crops.

Thinking Birth Differently

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-46
Author(s):  
Alison Happel-Parkins ◽  
Katharina A. Azim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
First Child ◽  
Susan Bordo ◽  
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

This feminist narrative inquiry discusses the experiences of two women in a metropolitan city in the Midsouth of the United States who each intended to have a drug- and intervention-free childbirth for the birth of their first child. This data came from a larger study that included narratives from six participants. Using Alecia Y. Jackson and Lisa A. Mazzei's concept of “plugging in,” we read and analyzed the data through three feminist theorists: Sara Ahmed, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Susan Bordo. This allowed us to push the limits of intelligibility of women and their narratives, challenging the dominant, medicalized discourses prevalent in the current cultural context of the United States.

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