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.
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.
On the Cover Image: ¿Vertigo at Guantanamö ix Introduction: Fabricated Connections, Deeply Felt 1 1. Envisioning Civilian Childhood 27 2. Affective Pedagogies for Military Children 52 3. Recognizing Military Wives 88 4. Economies of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury 137 5. Liberal Imaginaries of Guantánamo 178 6. Feeling for Dogs in the War on Terror 212 Conclusion: A Radical and Unsentimental Attention 245 Acknowledgments 251 Notes 257 Index 329
On the Cover Image: ¿Vertigo at Guantanamö ix Introduction: Fabricated Connections, Deeply Felt 1 1. Envisioning Civilian Childhood 27 2. Affective Pedagogies for Military Children 52 3. Recognizing Military Wives 88 4. Economies of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury 137 5. Liberal Imaginaries of Guantánamo 178 6. Feeling for Dogs in the War on Terror 212 Conclusion: A Radical and Unsentimental Attention 245 Acknowledgments 251 Notes 257 Index 329
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