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ix, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Deploying -- The things they bring to war / Carol Burke -- Know they enemy: camel spider stories among US troops in the Middle East / Justin M. Oswald -- "Folk-folkloristics": reflections on American soldiers' responses to Afghan traditional culture / Eric A. Eliason -- II. Sounding off -- Where is Jody now? Reconsidering military marching chants / Richard Allen Burns -- Upper echelons and boots on the ground: the case for diglossia in the military / Alinor Levy -- Sea service slang: informal language of the Navy and Coast Guard / Angus Kress Gillespie -- III. Belonging -- Taser to the 'Nads: brutal embrace of queerness in military practice / Mickey Weems -- Making lemondade: military spouses' worldview as a coping mechanism / Kristi Young -- Oppositional positioning: the military identification of young antiwar Veterans / Lisa Gilman -- IV. Remembering -- Colonel Bogey's march through folk and popular culture / Greg Kelley -- Soldier snaps / Jay Mechling -- "America's best": cultural poaching on "Ballad of the Green Berets" / Tad Tuleja. |
| Summary |
"Explores military folklife, focusing on the lore of modern American warriors and illuminating the ways in which members of the armed services creatively express the complex experience of military life"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- Folklore.
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Armed Forces -- Folklore.
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Military art and science -- Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Eliason, Eric A. (Eric Alden), 1967-
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Tuleja, Tad, 1944-
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| ISBN |
9780874219036 (pbk.) |
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0874219035 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
40021683224 |
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