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On Military Memoirs : A Quantitative Comparison of International Afghanistan War Autobiographies, 2001-2010
- Title
- On Military Memoirs : A Quantitative Comparison of International Afghanistan War Autobiographies, 2001-2010 / by L.H.E. (Esmeralda) Kleinreesink.
- Author
- Kleinreesink, L. H. E. (Esmeralda)
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 386 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- In 'On Military Memoirs' Esmeralda Kleinreesink offers insight into military books: its writers, publishers, the plots they write and their motives for writing. Every Afghanistan war autobiography published in the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands between 2001 and 2010 is compared quantitatively and qualitatively. 'On Military Memoirs' shows that soldier-authors are a special breed. That self-published books still cater for different markets than traditionally published ones. That cultural difference are clearly visible between warrior nations and non-warrior nations. That not every contemporary memoir is a disillusionment story. And that writing is serious business for soldiers wanting to change the world. The book provides an innovative example of how to use interdisciplinary, mixed-method, cross-cultural research to analyse egodocuments.
- Series Statement
- Egodocuments and history series, 1873-653X ; volume 10
- Uniform Title
- Egodocuments and history series ; v. 10.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Bibliographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-363) and indexes.
- Contents
- Part I. Setting the stage -- Introduction: who, what and why -- Theory: egodocuments and the military -- Methodology: quantitative & qualitative methods for autobiographical research -- Context: the missions in Afghanistan -- Part II. Results -- Who writes and publishes soldiers' stories? -- What do soldier-authors write about? -- Why do soldier-authors write? -- Conclusion: profiling the soldier-author -- Reflections: some personal notes on how to proceed -- The fifty-four books.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-472
- ISBN
- 9789004322530 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9004322531 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2016034682
- OCLC
- 953708980
- Author
- Kleinreesink, L. H. E. (Esmeralda), author.
- Title
- On Military Memoirs : A Quantitative Comparison of International Afghanistan War Autobiographies, 2001-2010 / by L.H.E. (Esmeralda) Kleinreesink.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Egodocuments and history series, 1873-653X ; volume 10Egodocuments and history series ; v. 10.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-363) and indexes.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Kleinreesink, L. H. E. (Esmeralda), author. On military memoirs Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004330245
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-472