The social production of the contemporary British military memoir.
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Geog, Politics and Sociology
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Jenkings K
(2014)
Communicating War through the Contemporary British Military Memoir: the Censorships of Genre, State, and Self
in Journal of War & Culture Studies
Jenkings K
(2014)
Practices of Authorial Collaboration The Collaborative Production of the Contemporary Military Memoir
in Cultural Studies ? Critical Methodologies
Jenkings, K.N.
Research Companion to Military Research Methods
K. Neil Jenkings (Author)
(2010)
'Yes, corporal' : accounts of soldiers' bodies in military memoirs
K. Neil Jenkings (Author)
(2011)
Explaining Afghanistan : British military memoirs and the emergent narratives of conflict
Kleinreesink, E
(2015)
Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review
Rachel Woodward (Author)
(2011)
Representations of gender in the contemporary British military memoir
Rachel Woodward (Author)
(2011)
Representations of the Afghanistan war in contemporary British military memoirs
Rachel Woodward (Author)
(2010)
Comradeship and the contemporary British military memoir
| Description | Military memoirs are significant for understanding public narratives of war, and much more besides. Read the outputs from this project for details. |
| Exploitation Route | Informing understanding of military memoirs by other academics and interested publics. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Culture Heritage Museums and Collections Other |
| Description | Findings are of general use to scholars working on military topics and a wider interested public. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | My war |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Part of an event organised by the War Story project, Imperial War Museum, London, 14th March 2012 Part of a public lecture organised by Imperial War Museum, talking about soldiers' stories from the Afghanistan war. Part of a public lecture organised by Imperial War Museum, talking about soldiers' stories from the Afghanistan war. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-london/my-war-how-soldiers-share-their-stories |