After War
The Weight of Life at Walter Reed
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2015
264 pages
978-0-8223-7509-8 (ISBN)
Description
Zoë H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center-whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury-struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary.
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Person
Zoë H. Wool is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.
Content
List of Abbreviations vii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1. The Extra/ordinary Atmosphere of Walter Reed 25
2. A Present History of Fragments 63
3. The Economy of Patriotism 97
4. On Movement 131
5. Intimate Attachments and the Securing of Life 157
Conclusion 189
Notes 195
References 217
Index 233
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
1. The Extra/ordinary Atmosphere of Walter Reed 25
2. A Present History of Fragments 63
3. The Economy of Patriotism 97
4. On Movement 131
5. Intimate Attachments and the Securing of Life 157
Conclusion 189
Notes 195
References 217
Index 233
