Figuring Violence : Affective Investments in Perpetual War.
By: Adelman, Rebecca A.
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BookPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2018Copyright date: �2019Description: 1 online resource (353 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780823281701.Subject(s): Psychology, Military-United States | Militarism-United States-Psychological aspects | Deployment (Strategy)-Psychological aspects | Children of military personnel-United States-Psychology | Veterans-Health and hygiene-United States | Military spouses-United States-Psychology | Prisoners of war-United States-Psychology | Dogs-War use-United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 355.001/9 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Cover -- FIGURING VIOLENCE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- On the Cover Image: "Vertigo at Guantanamo" -- Introduction: Fabricated Connections, Deeply Felt -- 1. Envisioning Civilian Childhood -- 2. Affective Pedagogies for Military Children -- 3. Recognizing Military Wives -- 4. Economies of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury -- 5. Liberal Imaginaries of Guant�anamo -- 6. Feeling for Dogs in the War on Terror -- Conclusion: A Radical and Unsentimental Attention -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Figuring Violence explores the roles of imagination and affects like apprehension, affection, admiration, gratitude, pity, and anger in sustaining contemporary American militarism. The book charts the politics of wartime sentimental investment in civilian children, military children, military spouses, veterans with PTSD and TBI, Guant�anamo Bay detainees, and military dogs.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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