
Gulf War Captivity Narratives
Identity and Ideology
Annika Wirth(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 27. February 2024
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-3-631-89432-3 (ISBN)
Description
The book explores a newly compiled corpus of American Gulf War captivity narratives, their claim to truth and their construction of identity and ideology, as well as concepts of heroism and anti-heroism. Moreover, it probes the texts' complex authorship, uncovers their role in promoting cultural stereotypes and in propagating violence. Hence, this study is deeply involved with uncovering narrative strategies of othering and with the construction of orientalist alterities. The findings are then connected to broader social debates in the USA. Unpacking themes of alterity, heroism, and violence, the research underscores the Gulf War captivity narratives' role in justifying aggression and in shaping U.S. American national identity, underscoring the need for continued scrutiny.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-89432-3 (9783631894323)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Annika Wirth holds a Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg. She is trained in English and American Studies and has a special interest in narrative identity construction, ideologies, and theories of deconstruction.
Content
Captivity - Prisoners of War - Gulf Wars - American captivity narratives - alterity - heroism - violence - ideology - national identities - stereotypes - gender and violence - intertextuality - discourse analysis - narrative identity - factual narration - gender - rhetorics and identity construction - propaganda - Iraq war