The Embodiment of War
Reflections on the Tour of Duty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2985232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shane Brighton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-74 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-7585 • E-ISSN: 1740-1666 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1479758042000196980 |
| OpenAlex | W2169683962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay approaches voyeurism from the point of view of the soldier on a “tour of duty” and teases out the implicit connections between the military gaze and the tourist gaze. While in training or on the battlefield, soldiers are driven by common discourses of patriotism, masculinity and heroism. However, Brighton explains that the coherence of fighting units is also a function of R&R and leisure time—when soldiers become tourists
Aesthetics · Art · Battlefield · Duty · Gaze · Masculinity · Media studies · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Voyeurism · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Psychology · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |