American War Stories
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| Title: | American War Stories |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Brenda M. Boyle |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | War and society--United States, War stories, American, Militarism--United States |
| Categories: | HISTORY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / United States, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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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| ISBN: | 9781978807587 9781978807594 9781978807600 9781978807624 |
