ISBN:
9780813572628
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (282 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Kieran, David The War of My Generation : Youth Culture and the War on Terror
DDC:
303.660973
Keywords:
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Abstract:
The War of My Generation is the first essay collection to focus specifically on how the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath have shaped the newest generation of Americans. Drawing on a variety of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and literary studies, the volume considers what cultural factors and products have shaped young people's experience of the 9/11 attacks, the wars that have followed, and their experiences as emerging citizen-subjects
Abstract:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "The War of My Generation" -- Part I. EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES OF THE 9/11 GENERATIONS -- Chapter 1. STARSHIP TROOPERS, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, AND SEPTEMBER 11 -- Chapter 2. SUMMER, SOLDIERS, FLAGS, AND MEMORIALS -- Chapter 3. FIGHTING WITH RIGHTS AND FORGING ALLIANCES -- Part II. POST-9/11 MILITARISM IN OLD AND NEW MEDIA -- Chapter 4. HOW TO TELL A TRUE WAR STORY...FOR CHILDREN -- Chapter 5. "WHAT YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN DO WHEN THEIR COUNTRY IS ATTACKED" -- Chapter 6. CALLS OF DUTY
Abstract:
Chapter 7. SOFTWARE AND SOLDIER LIFE CYCLES OF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND REHABILITATION IN THE POST-9/11 ERA -- Part III. COMING OF AGE STORIES AND THE REPRESENTATION OF MILLENNIAL CITIZENSHIP DURING THE WAR ON TERROR -- Chapter 8. COMING OF AGE IN 9/11 FICTION -- Chapter 9. "ARMY STRONG" -- Part IV. POLITICS AND PEDAGOGY -- Chapter 10. IN THIS WAR BUT NOT OF IT -- Chapter 11. "COFFINS AFTER COFFINS" -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index
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