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Joy and war : reading pleasure in wartime experiences
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Welland, Julia (2018) Joy and war : reading pleasure in wartime experiences. Review of International Studies, 44 (3). pp. 438-455. doi:10.1017/S0260210518000050 ISSN 0260-2105.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210518000050
Abstract
In recent years there has been a ‘turn’ to thinking about war through the experiences of those touched by it. While this scholarship has generated numerous important insights, its focus has tended to remain on wars’ violences, those responsible for enacting them, and the effects of such violence. In this article, the experiences of pleasure and joy in war that simultaneously take place are placed centre stage. Drawing on three war novels, the article tracks three recurring themes of pleasurable and joyful experiences related to war: bodily pleasures, the ‘togetherness’ of war, and moments of joy that escape war’s reach. Through this focus, war is shown to work across a range of affective registers and as never totalising or universalising in its experience. The article argues that paying attention to joy and pleasure can work to displace war as a focus of analysis, directing attention instead to the experiences of those who live through war and how they survive, sustain, and resist it.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | War -- Psychological aspects, War and society, War and literature, Joy in literature | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Review of International Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0260-2105 | ||||||||
Official Date: | July 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 44 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 438-455 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0260210518000050 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 May 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 May 2018 |
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