1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962217303321

Titolo

Warrior ways : explorations in modern military folklore / / edited by Eric A. Eliason and Tad Tuleja

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, c2012

ISBN

9781492000402

149200040X

9781283742535

1283742535

9780874219043

0874219043

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 287 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

TulejaTad <1944->

EliasonEric A <1967-> (Eric Alden)

Disciplina

398.276

Soggetti

Soldiers - Folklore

Armed Forces - Folklore

Military art and science - Folklore

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974468303321

Autore

Villiers Peter

Titolo

Police and policing : an introduction / / Peter Villiers ; preface Sir Hugh Orde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sherfield on Loddon, U.K., : Waterside Press

Portland, Or., USA, : North American distributor, International Specialised Book Services, 2009

ISBN

9786611993610

9781281993618

1281993611

9781906534752

1906534756

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

363.20941

Soggetti

Police administration

Police

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.



Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.