Plots of war : modern narratives of conflict / edited by Isabel Capeloa Gil, Adriana Martins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gil, Isabel Capeloa.

Martins, Adriana Alves de Paula, 1967-

Series:

Culture & conflict

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Collective memory and literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2012.

Summary:

As described in the introduction, "[This] book deals with the employment of war on three levels: the post-memory of conflict, the structure of enmity and its cultural construction, as well as the embedding between narratives of war and nation building." A sampling of topics: the (in)visibility of colonial wars in Mia Couto and J.M. Coetzee; Mechtilde Lichnowsky and the 20th century (word)wars; Palestinian women's bodies as battlefield; uses of war in Finnish nation building; representations of the American soldier in the Second World War American novel; Vietnam war narratives; British, German and Portuguese critical reception of anti-war films in the aftermath of May 1968. Editors Isabel Capeloa Gil and Adriana Martins are both affiliated with the Catholic University of Portugal as is one of the 12 contributors. Four contributors are affiliated with the U. of Coimbra, Portugal, and one, the U. of Madeira, Portugal. Germany, the US, Finland, and Italy are also represented. Disciplines represented include cultural theory, globalization and culture, American culture, German culture, comparative cultural studies, sociology, feminist studies, and English literature, among others. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110282870

3110282879

OCLC:

798612775