David A. Buchanan

Going Scapegoat

Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of ""combat gnosticism""--the belief that the experience of war is impossible to communicate to those who have not seen it--that has dominated the discussion. Adapting Kenneth Burke's scapegoat mechanism to the criticism of literature and film, the author examines three novels from 2012--Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, David Abrams's FOBBIT and Kevin Powers' The Yellow Birds--that represent the U.S. military responses to 9/11.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9781476666587
• ISBN-10: 147666658X
• Artikelnr.: 45233349

Autorenporträt

David A. Buchanan is a professor of English at the United States Air Force Academy and an Air Force pilot. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Resilience of Racist Language, Symbols and Rhetoric One:
Literature, Criticism and the Fetishization of Experience Two:
Kenneth Burke: A Method for War Literature Three:
Confounding Expectations in Kevin Powers's The Yellow Birds Four:
The Comic Corrective and Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn Five:
The Convenient Scapegoat in David Abrams's FOBBIT Six:
Representing Hajji: This Generation's Enemy "Other" Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index