Innocence and Loss
Representations of War and National Identity in the United States
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Erschienen am 2. Juni 2014
307 Seiten
978-1-4438-6069-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
A fierce national outcry for righteously waging war has long dominated American culture. From at least the wildly popular Spanish-American War and the US military invasion of the Philippines that infuriated Mark Twain, right up to the current Global War on Terrorism, this is a deadly, dark current coursing throughout American history. Meanwhile, dissenting analyses of the ",patriotic gore", have until recently been paid scant attention in the popular media.Delving into this history, this probing collection of essays explores ways in which ",the compulsive redeployment of innocence", in the launching, cheering, and retelling of America's wars ",endlessly defers a national reckoning,", as the editors astutely state in their introduction. The works in this collection reflect an effort to add more voices where they are desperately needed.
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Inhalt
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE
- CHAPTER TWO
- CHAPTER THREE
- CHAPTER FOUR
- CHAPTER FIVE
- CHAPTER SIX
- CHAPTER SEVEN
- CHAPTER EIGHT
- CHAPTER NINE
- CHAPTER TEN
- CHAPTER ELEVEN
- CHAPTER TWELVE
- CODA
- YOUTH AND WAR
- THE MYTH OF INNOCENCE IN TWO SEMINALFILMS ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR
- THE TREASONOUS SPACE OF TERROR
- LOSS OF INNOCENCE
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
