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Research Article| January 01 2007 No Time for Mourning: The Rhetorical Production of the Melancholic Citizen-Subject in the War on Terror Barbara Biesecker Barbara Biesecker Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Philosophy & Rhetoric (2007) 40 (1): 147–169. https://doi.org/10.2307/25655263 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Barbara Biesecker; No Time for Mourning: The Rhetorical Production of the Melancholic Citizen-Subject in the War on Terror. Philosophy & Rhetoric 1 January 2007; 40 (1): 147–169. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/25655263 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressPhilosophy & Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2007 The Pennsylvania State University2007The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

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