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Reconciliation as [Lofty] Aim: A Genre Analysis of Iraq War-Era Women Veterans' Memoirs

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dc.contributorMassachusetts Maritime Academyen
dc.contributor.authorGrohowski, Marianaen
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.spatialIraqen
dc.coverage.temporal2000-2014en
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T03:30:22Zen
dc.date.available2016-09-13T03:30:22Zen
dc.date.issued2015-11en
dc.description.abstractUsing the framework of rhetorical genre studies, this paper presents findings from an analysis of fifteen memoirs written by Iraq War-era women veterans. This work seeks to elucidate how the genre of "the war memoir" both permits and constrains women veterans' abilities to reconcile their identities post-military service. Studying the memoirs of Iraq War-era women veterans' of various races and sexualities, who served in a variety of Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) and branches, reveals the heavy-handed influence of sex and gender on women's identities and their sense of agency within and beyond the U.S. military.en
dc.description.notesPresented at Race and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Society, which took place in Roanoke, VA from November 12-14, 2015.en
dc.description.notesConference hosted by the Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Department of English http://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.format.extent14 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierGrohowski_Reconciliation_as_Lofty_Aim.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72929en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://veteransinsociety.wordpress.com/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderGrohowski, Marianaen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWomen veteransen
dc.subjectRhetorical genre studiesen
dc.subjectMemoiren
dc.subjectWar literatureen
dc.subjectGender studiesen
dc.subjectIraqen
dc.subjectViSen
dc.subjectVeterans in Societyen
dc.subjectRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.titleReconciliation as [Lofty] Aim: A Genre Analysis of Iraq War-Era Women Veterans' Memoirsen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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