American War Stories / / Brenda M. Boyle.
American War Stories asks readers to contemplate what traditionally constitutes a “war story” and how that constitution obscures the normalization of militarism in American culture. The book claims the traditionally narrow scope of “war story,” as by a combatant about his wartime experience, compart...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | War Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. State of Crisis -- 2. Staging War -- 3. Lone Wolf Family Man -- 4. Military Judgment in a Neoliberal Age -- 5. The Soldier’s Creed -- Coda -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Summary: | American War Stories asks readers to contemplate what traditionally constitutes a “war story” and how that constitution obscures the normalization of militarism in American culture. The book claims the traditionally narrow scope of “war story,” as by a combatant about his wartime experience, compartmentalizes war, casting armed violence as distinct from everyday American life. Broadening “war story” beyond the specific genres of war narratives such as “war films,” “war fiction,” or “war memoirs,” American War Stories exposes how ingrained militarism is in everyday American life, a condition that challenges the very democratic principles the United States is touted as exemplifying. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781978807624 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704730 9783110704525 9783110739138 |
DOI: | 10.36019/9781978807624 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Brenda M. Boyle. |