American War Stories (War Culture) - Softcover

Boyle, Brenda M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1978807589 ISBN 13: 9781978807587

Verlag: RUTGERS UNIV PR, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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BRENDA M. BOYLE is a professor of English and director of the Writing Center at Denison University, Granville, Ohio. She authored Masculinity in Vietnam War Narratives, co-authored Masculinity and Monstrosity in Contemporary Hollywood Films, edited The Vietnam War, and co-edited Looking Back on the Vietnam War. 
 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: RUTGERS UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1978807589
• ISBN 13: 9781978807587
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande