Zoë H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center—whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury—struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary.
Zoë H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center—whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury—struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary.
Zoë H. Wool is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.
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List of Abbreviations vii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. The Extra/ordinary Atmosphere of Walter Reed 25 2. A Present History of Fragments 63 3. The Economy of Patriotism 97 4. On Movement 131 5. Intimate Attachments and the Securing of Life 157 Conclusion 189 Notes 195 References 217 Index 233
List of Abbreviations vii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 1. The Extra/ordinary Atmosphere of Walter Reed 25 2. A Present History of Fragments 63 3. The Economy of Patriotism 97 4. On Movement 131 5. Intimate Attachments and the Securing of Life 157 Conclusion 189 Notes 195 References 217 Index 233
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