Irony as an Expressive Mechanism Resisting Globalization Narratives: A Cultural Criticism Approach to the Book “Their Hearts with Us… and Their Bombs on Us” by Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Abstract

This study aims to expose how irony transforms from an aesthetic device into an intellectual resistance strategy that deconstructs globalization narratives and their falsified claims, dismantling the mythology of American democratic imperialism and peace-brokering rhetoric.

t interrogates: How can irony expose the contradictions inherent in globalization? How do its rhetorical mechanisms unveil the concealed dimensions of American hegemony? What role does satirical discourse play in liberating consciousness?

It employs cultural criticism alongside rhetorical analysis of Ahlam Mosteghanemi's "Their Hearts with Us and Their Bombs upon Us," mapping mechanisms of paradox, incongruity, wordplay, antithesis, and caricature.

t concludes that irony transcends mere humor to become cultural critique that dismantles the implicit intellectual and social structures embedded in globalization, fortifying the reader's consciousness against cultural penetration.