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American war stories / Brenda M. Boyle

Boyle, Brenda M., 1957- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

New Brunswick ; Camden ; Newark ; New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2021] [© 2021]

ix, 229 Seiten

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Boyle, Brenda M : American war stories. - New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2020 (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-9788-0758-7 (paperback); 978-1-9788-0759-4 (hardcover)

978-1-9788-0760-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe); 978-1-9788-0761-7 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe); 978-1-9788-0762-4 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe)

2020005632

OCoLC: 1241163403     

HU 1691      Ähnliche Literatur

HM554

303.6/6

Basisklassifikation: 17.87 (Besondere Literaturkategorien)

Fachinformationsdienst(e): FID-AAC-DE-7

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LOC-SH: War and society -- United States ; Militarism -- United States ; War stories, American ; United States -- History, Military -- 21st century

"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"--