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Kill Talk

Kill Talk

Language and Military Necropolitics

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The language used by American military personnel can be intense and confrontational, yet the relationship between language and military violence is rarely examined in depth. This groundbreaking book offers a unique perspective on how language facilitates the work of combat infantry-the state's killable killers. Through vivid ethnographic research, Janet McIntosh meticulously traces the nuances of military "kill talk" as it permeates the vast nervous system of the military, from the first exposure to yelling in Marine Corps basic training to the dark humor and nihilistic expressions found in war zones in Vietnam and the Middle East.

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juillet 2025, Oxford Studies in the Anthropology of Language, Anglais
Oxford Academic
978-0-19-780802-3

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