My Music, My War - The Listening Habits of U.s. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Informationen zum Autor LISA GILMAN is an associate professor in the Department of English and Folklore Program at the University of Oregon. She is the author of The Dance of Politics: Performance, Gender, and Democratization in Malawi and director of the film Grounds for Resistance: Stories of War, Sacrifice, and Good Coffee. Klappentext Music in the everyday lives of U.S. troops and combat veterans Zusammenfassung This moving ethnographic study examines U.S. troops’ musical-listening habits during and after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, giving an account of what war was like for those most intimately involved, and fresh insight into musical listening as it relates to social dynamics, gender, community formation, memory, trauma, and politics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lisa Gilman
• Editore: University press new england
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9780819576002
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-7600-2
• Pagine: 240
• Serie: Music / Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989)