Date of Award
2012-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Political Science
Advisor(s)
Tony Payan
Abstract
This research examines the language and rhetoric of fear used to justify the walls and fences built by the American government along the U.S. - Mexico border, and by the Israeli government around the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It focuses specifically on the rhetoric used by the head of government of each country (the American president and the Israeli prime minister) during the years 2001-2011 to explain and justify the construction of a physical barrier as a measure of national defense and self-preservation.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2012
File Size
66 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Jesse Adam Kapenga
Recommended Citation
Kapenga, Jesse Adam, "The Rhetoric of Construction: A Comparative Case Study of the Language of the U.S. - Mexico and Israel - Palestine Border Walls" (2012). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2117.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2117
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