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52
New York Times A1, B8 (December 12, 1991), reprinted in Rushdie
(1992:430).
53
New York Times 8 (December 28, 1991), A19 (February 13, 1992).
54
Los Angeles Times A1 (March 25, 1992).
55
New York Times B2 (January 29, 1992), B2 (February 20, 1992), B1
(February 14, 1992), 12 (March 14, 1992), A18 (March 26, 1992), A6
(March 1, 1992); Los Angeles Times A16 (March 26,1992). In May 1992
a group of Iranian intellectuals and artists issued a public statement in
defence of Rushdie. New York Review of Books 31 (May 14, 1992).
When Rushdie expressed hope at the beginning of June about political
changes in Iran the regime reiterated the $2 million reward for his death.
New York Times A4 (June 18, 1992). In July Britain expelled three
Iranians for death threats against Rushdie; one of them had gotten close
enough to be spotted by Rushdie's guards. New York Times 1 (July 25,
1992).
56
Murray Edelman laid the foundation of this approach (1964: 1971). For
case studies, see, e.g. Cusfield (1963) (Prohibition); Dienes (1972) (birth
control). Sennett & Cobb (1972) explored the status elements of class
relations; Ehrenreich extended this analysis from workers to the middle
class (1989). Goode (1978) generalised about "prestige." More recently,
Hunter (1991) sought to explain all contemporary American conflict in
these terms.
57
On positional scaracity, see Hirsch (1976).
58
Brennan(1989: 142).
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