Rebecca A Adelman

Broschiertes Buch

Figuring Violence

Affective Investments in Perpetual War

Beschreibung

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, Guantánamo Bay detainees, and military dogs.

Autor

Rebecca A. Adelman is Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the author of Beyond the Checkpoint: Visual Practices in America's Global War on Terror.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780823281688
• ISBN-10: 082328168X
• Artikelnr.: 51496540