Boot Camp Baby
Military Science Fiction’s Incubator
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Blackmore (0000-0002-9411-0440, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 278-301 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-2024-007 |
| OpenAlex | W4405613435 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper argues that the recent popularity of military science fiction, particularly the focus on the training of the recruit soldier as they make their way through boot camp, comes from and also benefits America’s ongoing adoration for its military. With reference to three series by authors John Scalzi, Marko Kloos and Joel Dane, the paper argues that the texts are examples of what French theorist Jacques Ellul called integration propaganda
Adoration · Art · Focus (optics · Incubator · Literature · Political science · Popularity · Sociology · Classics · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Law · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |