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  1. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
    Autor*in: Fountain, Ben
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Canongate, Edinburgh

    A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive... mehr

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    Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig
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    A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders. Asked to be part of the Dallas Cowboys' halftime show on Thanksgiving, Specialist Billy Lynn, one of the eight surviving men of the Bravo Squad, finds his life forever changed by this event that causes him to better understand difficult truths about himself

     
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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9780857864406; 0857864408
    Schlagworte: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Veterans; Football and war
    Umfang: 307 pages, 20 cm
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    Originally published: 2012
  2. Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
    flags, football, and the NFL's "foxy" patriotism problem
    Autor*in: Ferguson, Lisa
    Erschienen: 2024
    Verlag:  Routledge, New York, NY ; Taylor & Francis Group, London

    "This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength, might, and besting a clear and definitive foe. Nevertheless, since September 11th, a variety of staged patriotic... mehr

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    "This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength, might, and besting a clear and definitive foe. Nevertheless, since September 11th, a variety of staged patriotic vignettes dominated most NFL broadcasts, giving the once easy and unforced union a stilted feel. That the War on Terror became a fixture of modern-day Super Bowls was easy to portend; what was more difficult to predict was the imprint it would leave on U.S. citizens and American politics. Ben Fountain's award-winning novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, reveals what passes for patriotism in a country that has reduced the sober and stark reality of combat to pageantry and production for the crowd back home, leaving our troops to unwittingly play the part of entertainers, destined to be sexualized just like the cheerleaders and dancers so frequently performing alongside them"--...

     
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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781003461524; 1003461522; 9781003849292; 1003849296; 9781003849339; 1003849334
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    Schriftenreihe: Routledge focus on literature
    Schlagworte: Football and war; Patriotism in literature; Veterans in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies; HISTORY / Military / General
    Weitere Schlagworte: Fountain, Ben: Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
    Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 74 pages)