TY  - BOOK
AU  - Annika Wirth
PY  - 2024
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 0935-4093
SN  - 9783631894736
TI  - Gulf War Captivity Narratives
T2  - Identity and Ideology
DO  - 10.3726/b21442
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1296891
N2  - The book explores a newly compiled corpus of American Gulf War captivity narratives, their claim to truth and their construction of identity and ideology, as well as concepts of heroism and anti-heroism. Moreover, it probes the texts’ complex authorship, uncovers their role in promoting cultural stereotypes and in propagating violence. Hence, this study is deeply involved with uncovering narrative strategies of othering and with the construction of orientalist alterities.  The findings are then connected to broader social debates in the USA. Unpacking themes of alterity, heroism, and violence, the research underscores the Gulf War captivity narratives’ role in justifying aggression and in shaping U.S. American national identity, underscoring the need for continued scrutiny.
KW  - Representation of Violence, Identity Formation, Stereotyping, Justification of Aggression, Intertextuality, Narrative Identity, Alterity, Heroism
LA  - English
ER  -