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  1. Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
    flags, football, and the NFL's "foxy" patriotism problem
    Author: Ferguson, Lisa
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  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... more

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    Universität Frankfurt, Elektronische Ressourcen
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    Universitätsbibliothek Gießen
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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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781003461524; 1003461522; 9781003849292; 1003849296; 9781003849339; 1003849334
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    Series: Routledge focus on literature
    Subjects: Football and war; Patriotism in literature; Veterans in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies; HISTORY / Military / General
    Other subjects: Fountain, Ben: Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 74 pages)
  2. Going scapegoat
    post/9/11 war literature, language and culture
    Author: Buchanan, David A.
    Published: [2016]
    Publisher:  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina

    "Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives,... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    "Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of "combat gnosticism.""--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781476666587
    Subjects: War stories, American; American fiction; Soldiers as authors
    Other subjects: Powers, Kevin: Yellow birds; Fountain, Ben: Billy Lynn's long halftime walk; Abrams, David (1963-): Fobbit
    Scope: vii, 223 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  3. Going scapegoat
    post/9/11 war literature, language and culture
    Author: Buchanan, David A.
    Published: [2016]; © 2016
    Publisher:  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina

    "Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat...Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives,... more

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat...Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of "combat gnosticism.""...

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781476666587
    Subjects: War stories, American; American fiction; Soldiers as authors; Krieg <Motiv>; Roman
    Other subjects: Powers, Kevin; Fountain, Ben; Abrams, David (1963-); Abrams, David (1963-): Fobbit; Powers, Kevin (1980-): The yellow birds; Fountain, Ben (1958-): Billy Lynn's long halftime walk
    Scope: vii, 223 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index
  4. Going scapegoat
    post/9/11 war literature, language and culture
    Author: Buchanan, David A.
    Published: [2016]
    Publisher:  McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina

    "Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives,... more

    Location:
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    10 A 5464
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat--Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of "combat gnosticism.""--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781476666587
    Subjects: War stories, American; American fiction; Soldiers as authors
    Other subjects: Powers, Kevin: Yellow birds; Fountain, Ben: Billy Lynn's long halftime walk; Abrams, David (1963-): Fobbit
    Scope: vii, 223 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index