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Joanna Bourke explores the way that violence and war impinge on the everyday world.
Wounding the World
how military violence and war-play invade our lives
$56.94
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320 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2015
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Summary
Wars are frequently justified ‘in our name’. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertaining us at the movies or in front of game consoles. Our taxes pay for those war machines. Our loved ones are killed and maimed.
With killing now an integral part of the entertainment industry in video games and Hollywood films, war has become mainstream.With the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War,…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349004341 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034900434X |
| Author: | Professor Joanna Bourke, Joanna Bourke |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 124mm x 196mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Professor Joanna Bourke
Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize.
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