Signs of war : from patriotism to dissent / edited by Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood and Ernest A. Hakanen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. The Iraq War: Real and Virtual -- 1. Yellow Ribbons Everywhere and No Meaning to Be Found / Ernest A. Hakanen -- 2. Political Bumper Stickers and Vehicle Class: Are SUVs the Enemy? / David J. Koch and Douglas V. Porpora -- 3. 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 -- 4. A Small World - and Its Flags - In a Much Bigger One / Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood -- 5. Searching for Common Sense: The Roots of George W. Bush's War Rhetoric / Michael J. Butler -- 6. The Pornographic Barbarism of the Self-Reflecting Sign / Paul A. Taylor -- 7. Warlords of the Iraqi Blogosphere / Priscilla Ringrose -- 8. Warriors or Amazons: How Opposing the War in. Iraq Became a Gender Issue in Mexico / Maria de la luz Matus-Mendoza -- Pt. II. Wars Then and Now -- 9. Not so "Far from Vietnam": A Study of War, Film, and the Media / Jonathan Ervine -- 10. 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 -- 11. War and Peace in Christian Prayer / Andrew Thomas, Susan Berg, Tor Berg and David Nice.