Ceremonial Storytelling Ritual and Narrative in Post-9/11 US wars

US society has controversially debated civil-military relationships and war trauma since the Vietnam War. Civic activists today promote Indigenous warrior traditions as role models for non-Native veteran reintegration and health care. They particularly stress the role of ritual and narrative for civ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Usbeck, Frank, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Germany : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2019.
Series:American culture ; 14.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803315406719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Narrating war: activist discourse and cultural comparison
  • Milblogs as rituals: war, citizenship, and the sacred
  • Beyond the call of duty: war experience, relationship-building and community service
  • Singing their â¿¿songâ¿yen: veterans, civilians, and the trials of homecoming
  • Conclusion.