Beschreibung:
Figuring Violence explores the roles of imagination and affects like apprehension, affection, admiration, gratitude, pity, and anger in sustaining contemporary American militarism. The book charts the politics of wartime sentimental investment in civilian children, military children, military spouses, veterans with PTSD and TBI, Guantánamo Bay detainees, and military dogs.
On the Cover Image: ¿Vertigo at Guantanamö ixIntroduction: Fabricated Connections, Deeply Felt 11. Envisioning Civilian Childhood 272. Affective Pedagogies for Military Children 523. Recognizing Military Wives 884. Economies of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury 1375. Liberal Imaginaries of Guantánamo 1786. Feeling for Dogs in the War on Terror 212Conclusion: A Radical and Unsentimental Attention 245Acknowledgments 251Notes 257Index 329