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UNINA9910962217303321 |
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Titolo |
Warrior ways : explorations in modern military folklore / / edited by Eric A. Eliason and Tad Tuleja |
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Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, c2012 |
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9781492000402 |
149200040X |
9781283742535 |
1283742535 |
9780874219043 |
0874219043 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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TulejaTad <1944-> |
EliasonEric A <1967-> (Eric Alden) |
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Soldiers - Folklore |
Armed Forces - Folklore |
Military art and science - Folklore |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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: |
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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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Warrior Ways is one of the first book-length explorations of military folklife, and focuses on the lore produced by modern American warriors, illuminating the ways in which members of the armed services creatively express the complex experience of military life. In short, lively essays, contributors to the volume, all of whom have close personal or professional relationships to the military, examine battlefield talismans, personal narrative (storytelling), "Jody calls" (marching and running cadences), slang, homophobia and transgressive humor, music, and photography, among other cultur |
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UNINA9910974468303321 |
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Autore |
Villiers Peter |
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Police and policing : an introduction / / Peter Villiers ; preface Sir Hugh Orde |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Sherfield on Loddon, U.K., : Waterside Press |
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Portland, Or., USA, : North American distributor, International Specialised Book Services, 2009 |
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9786611993610 |
9781281993618 |
1281993611 |
9781906534752 |
1906534756 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Police administration |
Police |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index. |
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Cover -- Putting justice into words -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- The Purposes of Policing -- A Short History of Policing -- Police Organization: Identity and Control -- Police Leadership and Management -- Police Leadership in the 21st Century -- Police Work -- Crime Prevention and Crime Detection -- Terrorism -- Regulating Police Behaviour: Ethics, Discipline and Human Rights -- Policing and the Future -- Glossary of Words, Phrases, Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Timeline -- References -- Index -- Back cover. |
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An ideal introduction for police recruits, criminal justice practitioners, criminologists and general readers. Written in a clear style and based on the experiences of author Peter Villiers who was for many years a tutor at the National Police Staff College. |
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