Warring Over Valor
How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Herausgeber: Wendt, Simon
Warring Over Valor
How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
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By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism.
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By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the United States between World War I and the present, Warring over Valor provides fresh perspectives on the history of American military heroism.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Seitenzahl: 220
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 340g
- ISBN-13: 9780813597539
- ISBN-10: 0813597536
- Artikelnr.: 51514287
- Verlag: Rutgers University Press
- Seitenzahl: 220
- Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 340g
- ISBN-13: 9780813597539
- ISBN-10: 0813597536
- Artikelnr.: 51514287
SIMON WENDT is an associate professor of American studies at the Goethe University of Frankfurt in Germany. He is the author or coeditor of several books, including The Spirit and the Shotgun: Armed Resistance and the Struggle for Civil Rights.
Contents
Introduction: Reconsidering Military Heroism in American History
Simon Wendt
Chapter 1: The End of Military Heroism? The American Legion and “Service”
Between the Wars
George Lewis
Chapter 2: GI Joe Nisei: The Invention of World War II’s Iconic Japanese
American Soldier
Ellen D. Wu
Chapter 3: Instrument of Subjugation or Avenue for Liberation? Black
Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War
Simon Wendt
Chapter 4: “Warriors in Uniform”: Race, Masculinity, and Martial Valor
among Native American Veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and Beyond
Matthias Voigt
Chapter 5: My Lai: The Crisis of American Military Heroism in the Vietnam
War
Steve Estes
Chapter 6: Leonard Matlovich: From Military Hero to Gay Rights Poster Boy
Simon Hall
Chapter 7: Displaying Heroism: Media Images of the Weary Soldier in World
War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Amy Lucker
Chapter 8: “From Louboutins to Combat Boots”? The Negotiation of a
Twenty-First-Century Female Warrior Image in American Popular Culture and
Literature
Sarah Makeschin
Chapter 9: From Warrior to Soldier? Lakota Veterans on Military Valor
Sonja John
Chapter 10: Virtual Warfare: Video Games, Drones, and the Reimagination of
Heroic Masculinity
Carrie Andersen
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction: Reconsidering Military Heroism in American History
Simon Wendt
Chapter 1: The End of Military Heroism? The American Legion and “Service”
Between the Wars
George Lewis
Chapter 2: GI Joe Nisei: The Invention of World War II’s Iconic Japanese
American Soldier
Ellen D. Wu
Chapter 3: Instrument of Subjugation or Avenue for Liberation? Black
Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War
Simon Wendt
Chapter 4: “Warriors in Uniform”: Race, Masculinity, and Martial Valor
among Native American Veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and Beyond
Matthias Voigt
Chapter 5: My Lai: The Crisis of American Military Heroism in the Vietnam
War
Steve Estes
Chapter 6: Leonard Matlovich: From Military Hero to Gay Rights Poster Boy
Simon Hall
Chapter 7: Displaying Heroism: Media Images of the Weary Soldier in World
War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Amy Lucker
Chapter 8: “From Louboutins to Combat Boots”? The Negotiation of a
Twenty-First-Century Female Warrior Image in American Popular Culture and
Literature
Sarah Makeschin
Chapter 9: From Warrior to Soldier? Lakota Veterans on Military Valor
Sonja John
Chapter 10: Virtual Warfare: Video Games, Drones, and the Reimagination of
Heroic Masculinity
Carrie Andersen
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Index
Contents
Introduction: Reconsidering Military Heroism in American History
Simon Wendt
Chapter 1: The End of Military Heroism? The American Legion and “Service”
Between the Wars
George Lewis
Chapter 2: GI Joe Nisei: The Invention of World War II’s Iconic Japanese
American Soldier
Ellen D. Wu
Chapter 3: Instrument of Subjugation or Avenue for Liberation? Black
Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War
Simon Wendt
Chapter 4: “Warriors in Uniform”: Race, Masculinity, and Martial Valor
among Native American Veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and Beyond
Matthias Voigt
Chapter 5: My Lai: The Crisis of American Military Heroism in the Vietnam
War
Steve Estes
Chapter 6: Leonard Matlovich: From Military Hero to Gay Rights Poster Boy
Simon Hall
Chapter 7: Displaying Heroism: Media Images of the Weary Soldier in World
War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Amy Lucker
Chapter 8: “From Louboutins to Combat Boots”? The Negotiation of a
Twenty-First-Century Female Warrior Image in American Popular Culture and
Literature
Sarah Makeschin
Chapter 9: From Warrior to Soldier? Lakota Veterans on Military Valor
Sonja John
Chapter 10: Virtual Warfare: Video Games, Drones, and the Reimagination of
Heroic Masculinity
Carrie Andersen
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction: Reconsidering Military Heroism in American History
Simon Wendt
Chapter 1: The End of Military Heroism? The American Legion and “Service”
Between the Wars
George Lewis
Chapter 2: GI Joe Nisei: The Invention of World War II’s Iconic Japanese
American Soldier
Ellen D. Wu
Chapter 3: Instrument of Subjugation or Avenue for Liberation? Black
Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War
Simon Wendt
Chapter 4: “Warriors in Uniform”: Race, Masculinity, and Martial Valor
among Native American Veterans from the Great War to Vietnam and Beyond
Matthias Voigt
Chapter 5: My Lai: The Crisis of American Military Heroism in the Vietnam
War
Steve Estes
Chapter 6: Leonard Matlovich: From Military Hero to Gay Rights Poster Boy
Simon Hall
Chapter 7: Displaying Heroism: Media Images of the Weary Soldier in World
War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
Amy Lucker
Chapter 8: “From Louboutins to Combat Boots”? The Negotiation of a
Twenty-First-Century Female Warrior Image in American Popular Culture and
Literature
Sarah Makeschin
Chapter 9: From Warrior to Soldier? Lakota Veterans on Military Valor
Sonja John
Chapter 10: Virtual Warfare: Video Games, Drones, and the Reimagination of
Heroic Masculinity
Carrie Andersen
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Index