Del i serien Warwick Series in the Humanities

Homecoming Veterans in Literature and Culture

Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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From Homer’s Odyssey itself, the return of the veteran to his or her home has been a central trope of the literary canon. Huge bureaucracies and a panoply of global organisations are deeply concerned with facilitating a painless return to stable homes. This book presents ‘homecoming’ as an analytical lens to better understand veterans' return and reintegration after conflict. Home is held to be multidimensional, a concept encapsulating the physical and the social, particularly disrupted by experiences of violence. Homecoming is, therefore, not a mere moment but a process that can unfold over years and decades as old and new bonds of familiarity are forged. Struggles over the home and homecoming are, moreover, endlessly political, bound up in questions of identity and the nation. Looking across times, places, and disciplines, the collection centres both historical and representational approaches to veterancy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-07-20
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWarwick Series in the Humanities
Antal sidor224
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032733562

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List of ContributorsForewordPrefaceList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroduction NIELS BOENDERPart I Spectacles of Homecoming1 Hometown Heroes of the British Empire: English Canada’s Homecomings of the Great War, 1915-19ERIC STORY2 Auf Wiedersehen, Soldat: Does a Soldier Ever Truly Return Home?KIRSTEN E. KUMPF BAELEPart II Emotions and Homecoming 3 ‘Strangers at Home’: Stalag Luft III’s Kriegies ReturnKRISTEN ALEXANDER4 (Re)Making Home After Civil War: Exploring Former Child Soldiers’ Reinsertion Imageries in the DRCPAULINE ZERLA5 The Shattered Home: Exploring the Consequences of Unresolved Conflicts on the Concept of Home in Kashmiri Secessionist MovementsSHIPRA SHUKLAPART IIIConflicted Homecomings6 When the Post-War Isn’t Permanent: Coming Home in the Age of Britain’s ‘Small Wars’TAYLOR SOJA7 ‘Walking on the Ground Hurts—Like Walking on a Burn:/ On the Burned Aching Carcass of the World’ or: Where Is a Veteran at Home?ELAZAR ELHANAN8 ‘Have you forgotten that I am one of you?’ Mau Mau Homecomings in Late and Post-Colonial KenyaNIELS BOENDER9 Invisible Soldiers, Impossible War: Veterans of the Algerian War of Independence Return to FranceAnndal NARAYANANIndex