Alexander Spencer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alexander Spencer plays a role.
Article
2019 Once upon a time: Western genres and narrative constructions of a romantic jihad Journal of Language and Politics 18:1, pp. 21–39 | Article
The article examines the romantic narratives told by the “Islamic State” in the propaganda online videos of foreign fighters. Employing a method of narrative analysis, based on insight from Literary Studies and Narratology, it holds that while narratives of jihad differ to “war on terror”… read more