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Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature
ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 12 (2015), 1; 91-103. https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103
Poljak Rehlicki, Jasna

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Poljak Rehlicki, J. (2015). Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 12. (1), 91-103. doi: 10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103

Poljak Rehlicki, Jasna. "Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature." ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, vol. 12, no. 1, 2015, pp. 91-103. https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103

Poljak Rehlicki, Jasna. "Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature." ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries 12, no. 1 (2015): 91-103. https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103

Poljak Rehlicki, J. (2015) 'Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature', ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 12(1), pp. 91-103. doi: 10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103

Poljak Rehlicki J. Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries [Internet]. 2015 [cited 2024 December 25];12(1):91-103. doi: 10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103

J. Poljak Rehlicki, "Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature", ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 91-103, 2015. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:254380. [Accessed: 25 December 2024]

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Title (english)Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature
AuthorJasna Poljak Rehlicki
Author's institutionJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract (english)
In 1996, Samuel Huntington argued that the end of the Cold War Era marked the end of global instability based on ideological and economic differences and preferences. However, he did not predict any kind of a peaceful future for humankind but maintained that future conflicts will arise from cultural differences. The clashes are inevitable, he claims, as long as one side (usually the West) insists on imposing universalism to other civilizations whose cultural awareness is on the rise. Ever since the Vietnam War, American military tacticians have believed that the knowledge and understanding of the enemy’s culture will lead to victory, and American military academies and schools are dedicating more attention to cultural studies within their general strategy. This paper is based on the reading and analysis of several American fiction and non-fiction novels from the Vietnam and the Iraq Wars. Since all of these works are first-hand accounts of war experience and soldiers’ cultural encounters with their ‘adversaries’, the research is focused on the (im)possibility of soldiers’ true understanding and appreciation of different cultures/civilizations during wartime. It also suggests that knowing the enemy is to no avail if wars are fought with the goal of Westernizing other cultures.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - international
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries
Numberingvol. 12, no. 1, pp. 91-103
p-ISSN1581-8918
e-ISSN2386-0316
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4312/elope.12.1.91-103
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:254380
Publication2015
Document URLhttp://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/3274
Type of resourceText
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