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T1 - Fahrenheit 9/11 : the temperature where morality burns.
AU - Weber, Cynthia
N1 - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=AMS The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Journal of American Studies, 40 (1), pp 113-131 2006, © 2006 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Michael Moore's 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11 is a visual and narrative tour de force that critiques everything from the controversial conditions under which George W. Bush assumed the US presidency to President Bush's handling of his so-called “war on terror.” With its tagline “The temperature where freedom burns,” Moore stresses the dubious ethical nature of the Bush administration's post-9/11 policies, especially as they redefine the US relationship between freedom and censorship. In so doing, he challenges the Bush administration's constructions of US morality as ultimately elitist and self-serving, substituting his own populist, class-based moral America(n) in its place.
AB - Michael Moore's 2004 film Fahrenheit 9/11 is a visual and narrative tour de force that critiques everything from the controversial conditions under which George W. Bush assumed the US presidency to President Bush's handling of his so-called “war on terror.” With its tagline “The temperature where freedom burns,” Moore stresses the dubious ethical nature of the Bush administration's post-9/11 policies, especially as they redefine the US relationship between freedom and censorship. In so doing, he challenges the Bush administration's constructions of US morality as ultimately elitist and self-serving, substituting his own populist, class-based moral America(n) in its place.
U2 - 10.1017/S0021875806000776
DO - 10.1017/S0021875806000776
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 113
EP - 131
JO - Journal of American Studies
JF - Journal of American Studies
SN - 1469-5154
IS - 1
ER -