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Warrior Ways : Explorations in Modern Military Folklore.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University Press of Colorado, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780874219043
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Warrior WaysDDC classification:
  • 398.276
LOC classification:
  • GR517
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Modern Military Folklore, Retrospectand Prospects - Tad Tuleja and Eric A. Eliason -- Part I: Deploying -- 1. The Things They Bring to War - Carol Burke -- 2. Know Thy Enemy: Camel Spider Stories among US Troops in the Middle East - Justin M. Oswald -- 3. "Folk-Folkloristics": Reflections on American Soldiers' Responses to Afghan Traditional Culture - Eric A. Eliason -- Part II: Sounding Off -- 4. Where Is Jody Now? Reconsidering Military Marching Chants - Richard Allen Burns -- 5. Upper Echelons and Boots on the Ground: The Case for Diglossia in the Military - Elinor Levy -- 6. Sea Service Slang: Informal Language of the Navy and Coast Guard - Angus Kress Gillespie -- Part III: Belonging -- 7. Taser to the 'Nads: Brutal Embrace of Queerness in Military Practice - Mickey Weems -- 8. Making Lemonade: Military Spouses' Worldview as a Coping Mechanism - Kristi Young -- 9. Oppositional Positioning: The Military Identification of Young Antiwar Veterans - Lisa Gilman -- Part IV: Remembering -- 10. Colonel Bogey's March through Folk and Popular Culture - Greg Kelley -- 11. Soldier Snaps - Jay Mechling -- 12. "America's Best": Cultural Poaching on "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Tad Tuleja -- Selected Bibliographies -- Contributors -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Modern Military Folklore, Retrospectand Prospects - Tad Tuleja and Eric A. Eliason -- Part I: Deploying -- 1. The Things They Bring to War - Carol Burke -- 2. Know Thy Enemy: Camel Spider Stories among US Troops in the Middle East - Justin M. Oswald -- 3. "Folk-Folkloristics": Reflections on American Soldiers' Responses to Afghan Traditional Culture - Eric A. Eliason -- Part II: Sounding Off -- 4. Where Is Jody Now? Reconsidering Military Marching Chants - Richard Allen Burns -- 5. Upper Echelons and Boots on the Ground: The Case for Diglossia in the Military - Elinor Levy -- 6. Sea Service Slang: Informal Language of the Navy and Coast Guard - Angus Kress Gillespie -- Part III: Belonging -- 7. Taser to the 'Nads: Brutal Embrace of Queerness in Military Practice - Mickey Weems -- 8. Making Lemonade: Military Spouses' Worldview as a Coping Mechanism - Kristi Young -- 9. Oppositional Positioning: The Military Identification of Young Antiwar Veterans - Lisa Gilman -- Part IV: Remembering -- 10. Colonel Bogey's March through Folk and Popular Culture - Greg Kelley -- 11. Soldier Snaps - Jay Mechling -- 12. "America's Best": Cultural Poaching on "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Tad Tuleja -- Selected Bibliographies -- Contributors -- Index.

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