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Author:

Buchanan, David A., 1976- author.

Title:

Going scapegoat : post-9/11 war literature, language and culture / David A. Buchanan.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

vii, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Powers, Kevin.--Yellow birds.
Fountain, Ben.--Billy Lynn's long halftime walk.
Abrams, David,--1963---Fobbit.
War stories, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
Soldiers as authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Literature, Criticism and the Fetishization of Experience -- Kenneth Burke: A Method for War Literature -- Confounding Expectations in Kevin Powers's The Yellow Birds -- The Comic Corrective and Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn -- The Convenient Scapegoat in David Abrams's FOBBIT -- Representing Hajji: This Generation's Enemy "Other."

Summary:

"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.""-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

147666658X
9781476666587

OCLC:

(OCoLC)952390212

LCCN:

2016036391

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)