CFP Vol. 2: 2: Themed Issue: The Figure of the Soldier
Studies of war and culture often concentrate less on the soldier as an
individual or on his experience of war, and more on the societal impact and
repercussions of conflict. By way of contrast, this issue focuses
exclusively on the soldier as the key representational figure of war. The
figure of the soldier often lies concealed under the layers of mythology
which have come to stereotype representations of warfare; his testimony is
often silenced by the official discourses which sing his praise and laud
his heroism. This issue seeks to examine this mythologisation of the
soldier figure in a variety of cultural forms but also welcomes studies of
those representations of the soldier figure that, conversely, demystify the
soldier figure and, indeed, the combatant experience itself. The editors
therefore welcome articles that, through their study of the soldier as the
central figure of cultural representations and memory of war, emphasise the
ambiguities and ambivalences of the experience of war, foregrounding the
ideological and ontological conflicts that are often reflected in the
figure of the soldier.
Articles should be written in English and of 5 ? 6000 words in length. They
should be sent to Helena Scott ([log in to unmask]) at the
University of Westminster by the 1st February 2009. Articles should be
submitted in accordance with Intellect’s guidelines to be found at
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/auth/links/StyleGuide.pdf. For more
information on the aims and scope of the Journal, please visit:
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.appx.php?issn=17526272.
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Dr MJ Hurcombe,
School of Modern Languages,
University of Bristol,
17 Woodland Rd,
Bristol, BS8 1TE
0117 928 8447
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