Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America

ISBN-13: 9781108830775 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 294 str.

Susan L. (University of Warwick) Carruthers

Opis

A sweeping history of emotional life that explores how 'Dear John' letters became a rite of passage for American servicemen.

Recenzje

'Her account offers insights into a broader entanglement, involving the militarism that shores up modern nationhood; the emotional and sexual ties that sustain and can destroy men in the military; and the women on whom male soldiers have poured hatred as well as adoration.' Julia Laite, London Review of Books

Spis treści

Introduction: Picking up the pieces; 1. The marital and the martial; 2. Rules of engagement, or 'write right!'; 3. Technologies of proximity; 4. 'That's all she wrote': Telling Dear John stories; 5. 'The modern Penelope': Aanalyzing the waiting wife; 6. Emotional injury: Causes and consequences; 7. Severed ties and suicide; Conclusion.