Moore Grateful Nation

Student Veterans and the Rise of the Military-Friendly Campus
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7276-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

Reihe: Global Insecurities

Tracing the college experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, Ellen Moore challenges the popular narratives that explain student veterans' academic difficulties while showing how these narratives and institutional support for the military lead to suppression of campus debate about the wars, discourage anti-war activism, and encourage a growing militarization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Basic Training: Making the Soldier, Militarizing the Civilian 25
2. What They Bring with Them: Effects of Military Training on Student Veterans 43
3. Campus Veteran Support Initiatives 77
4. Veteran Self-Help: Embracing, Re-creating, and Contesting Gendered Military Relations 97
5. Spectral Wars and the Myth of the Antimilitary Campus 127
6. "Thank You for Your Service": Gratitude and Its Discontents 165
Conclusion 189
Notes 201
Bibliography 237
Index 253

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Moore is a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues at the University of California, Berkeley.