The study was originally conceived out of a desire to counter mainstream celebratory discourses that traffic in the apotheosis of wounded soldiers, the vast majority of whom are men. Treading the path of hagiography, fantasy, and myth-making, the distinguishing trademark of most war writing, precludes critical inquiry and renders impossible constructive engagement with alternative critical discourses—feminist discourse included— that might contribute to an understanding of how war casualties, disability, and gendered assumptions about bodies and power have, over the course of time, become infrastructural to ongoing war.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:30:29 +0000
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