04646nam 2200697 a 450 991081948610332120230725051936.00-8014-6142-10-8014-6094-810.7591/9780801460944(CKB)2550000000035305(OCoLC)732957097(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468016(SSID)ssj0000542509(PQKBManifestationID)11332685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542509(PQKBWorkID)10510101(PQKB)11172057(StDuBDS)EDZ0001495998(MiAaPQ)EBC3138137(MdBmJHUP)muse28891(DE-B1597)478255(OCoLC)979577274(DE-B1597)9780801460944(Au-PeEL)EBL3138137(CaPaEBR)ebr10468016(CaONFJC)MIL769578(EXLCZ)99255000000003530520101016d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWelcome to the suck narrating the American soldier's experience in Iraq /Stacey PeeblesIthaca [N.Y.] Cornell University Press20111 online resource (200 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-4946-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lines of sight : watching war in Jarhead and My war, killing time in Iraq -- Making a military man : Iraq, gender, and the failure of the masculine collective -- Consuming the other : blinding absence in The last true story I'll ever tell and Here, bullet -- One of U.S. : combat trauma on film in Alive day memories and In the valley of Elah.Our collective memories of World War II and Vietnam have been shaped as much by memoirs, novels, and films as they have been by history books. In Welcome to the Suck, Stacey Peebles examines the growing body of contemporary war stories in prose, poetry, and film that speak to the American soldier's experience in the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War. Stories about war always encompass ideas about initiation, masculinity, cross-cultural encounters, and trauma. Peebles shows us how these timeless themes find new expression among a generation of soldiers who have grown up in a time when it has been more acceptable than ever before to challenge cultural and societal norms, and who now have unprecedented and immediate access to the world away from the battlefield through new media and technology. Two Gulf War memoirs by Anthony Swofford (Jarhead) and Joel Turnipseed (Baghdad Express) provide a portrait of soldiers living and fighting on the cusp of the major political and technological changes that would begin in earnest just a few years later. The Iraq War, a much longer conflict, has given rise to more and various representations. Peebles covers a blog by Colby Buzzell ("My War"), memoirs by Nathaniel Fick (One Bullet Away) and Kayla Williams (Love My Rifle More Than You); a collection of stories by John Crawford (The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell); poetry by Brian Turner (Here, Bullet); the documentary Alive Day Memories; and the feature films In the Valley of Elah and the winner of the 2010 Oscar for Best Picture, The Hurt Locker, both written by the war correspondent Mark Boal. Books and other media emerging from the conflicts in the Gulf have yet to receive the kind of serious attention that Vietnam War texts received during the 1980's and 1990's. With its thoughtful and timely analysis, Welcome to the Suck will provoke much discussion among those who wish to understand today's war literature and films and their place in the tradition of war representation more generally.Persian Gulf War, 1991Personal narratives, AmericanIraq War, 2003-2011Personal narratives, AmericanPersian Gulf War, 1991Literature and the warIraq War, 2003-2011Literature and the warIraq War, 2003-2011Motion pictures and the warPersian Gulf War, 1991Iraq War, 2003-2011Persian Gulf War, 1991Literature and the war.Iraq War, 2003-2011Literature and the war.Iraq War, 2003-2011Motion pictures and the war.956.7044/24092273Peebles Stacey L(Stacey Lyn),1976-1634876MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819486103321Welcome to the suck3975309UNINA