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Gulf War Captivity Narratives: Identity and Ideology

Gulf War Captivity Narratives: Identity and Ideology

Wirth, Annika

Hardcover

Series: Literary and Cultural Studies, Theory and the (New) Media, Book 8

Literary CriticismGeneral Latin American HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 3631894325
ISBN13: 9783631894323
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Feb 27 2024
Pages: 290
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

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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