LEADER 04646nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910819486103321 005 20230725051936.0 010 $a0-8014-6142-1 010 $a0-8014-6094-8 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801460944 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035305 035 $a(OCoLC)732957097 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10468016 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542509 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11332685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542509 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10510101 035 $a(PQKB)11172057 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001495998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138137 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28891 035 $a(DE-B1597)478255 035 $a(OCoLC)979577274 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801460944 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468016 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL769578 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035305 100 $a20101016d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWelcome to the suck $enarrating the American soldier's experience in Iraq /$fStacey Peebles 210 $aIthaca [N.Y.] $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4946-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLines 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. 330 $aOur 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. 606 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991$xLiterature and the war 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xLiterature and the war 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMotion pictures and the war 615 0$aPersian Gulf War, 1991 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011 615 0$aPersian Gulf War, 1991$xLiterature and the war. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xLiterature and the war. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMotion pictures and the war. 676 $a956.7044/24092273 700 $aPeebles$b Stacey L$g(Stacey Lyn),$f1976-$01634876 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819486103321 996 $aWelcome to the suck$93975309 997 $aUNINA