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Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction : performing terrorism

Title
Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction : performing terrorism / Leith Passmore.
Author
Passmore, Leith, 1981-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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xii, 212 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
"Ulrike Meinhof's entrance into the West German terrorist underground was both a footnote to the waning student movement of the late 1960s, and a preamble to the bloodiest period in Germany's post-war history. Meinhof fought to make herself heard as a high-profile journalist before becoming a founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in 1970. She continued writing in the underground and from 1972, in prison, until she was found dead in her cell in 1976. Leith Passmore traces Meinhof's struggle to communicate from her time as a journalist, through her escape to the underground, her prison years, and the Stammheim trial. He examines for the first time the performativity of terrorist acts of language, imagery, and physical violence to reveal how Meinhof made and re-made RAF terrorism"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Meinhof, Ulrike Marie
  • Rote Armee Fraktion > History
  • Women terrorists > Germany (West) > Biography
  • Women journalists > Germany (West) > Biography
  • Terrorism > Germany (West) > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFD 12-119
ISBN
  • 9780230337473 (hardback)
  • 0230337473 (hardback)
LCCN
2011016072
OCLC
YBP 2011016072
Author
Passmore, Leith, 1981-
Title
Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction : performing terrorism / Leith Passmore.
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 12-119
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