<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div>I
 am so delighted to announce that the CaMP reading group with Janet McIntosh as the featured author will be in two weeks - September 26th.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Janet
 McIntosh has asked us to read chapter 2 and parts of the introduction. 
Please read as much as you can, but do feel free to join us even if you 
haven't managed to read everything.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOjdhcYne2l2LklFKhELrQREJZuybew_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">
</a><div>The readings can be found here:<div class="gmail-name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="gmail-innerContentContainer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> A 2 page content warning</span></div><div class="gmail-name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oY006NrTUvKCdvbTDM-I98lFbMEkmwJN/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oY006NrTUvKCdvbTDM-I98lFbMEkmwJN/view?usp=sharing</a></div><div class="gmail-name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="gmail-innerContentContainer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="gmail-innerContentContainer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">pp. 18-29 of the Introduction</span></div><div class="gmail-name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DB0iuOQ0W3chohoU6oVo4OLBTxMess3/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DB0iuOQ0W3chohoU6oVo4OLBTxMess3/view?usp=sharing</a></div><div class="gmail-name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span class="gmail-innerContentContainer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:revert;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><br></span></div></div><div>Chapter 2;</div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOjdhcYne2l2LklFKhELrQREJZuybew_/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOjdhcYne2l2LklFKhELrQREJZuybew_/view?usp=sharing</a></div></div></div><div><div><br></div><div>The meeting will be at noon to 1 pm east coast time - Friday, September 26th and can be reached by clicking on this Zoom link:<br><br><a href="https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698" target="_blank">  https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>If you want to see the full line-up for this year, you can find it here: <a href="https://campanthropology.org/virtual-reading-group/" target="_blank">https://campanthropology.org/virtual-reading-group/</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to seeing you all virtually,<br><br>Ilana</div></div><div><br></div><div>Press blurb: 
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. McIntosh reveals how military trainers use language to
 deindividuate, toughen, and masculinize recruits, while infantry 
soldiers develop distinct linguistic repertoires and attitudes to 
suppress empathy, dehumanize and racialize the enemy, cope with loss, 
and dwell in a moral gray zone.<br><br><em>Kill Talk</em> also addresses
 national debates over language use in a diverse world, exploring 
tensions between calls for sensitivity and restraint in military speech 
and the perception that these can threaten national security. The book 
highlights the contradictions between the rhetoric of military honor and
 moral integrity and the harsh, sometimes depraved, language of 
combatants, suggesting that these paradoxes enable military violence yet
 contribute to moral injury. It concludes with an exploration of veteran
 poets and artists who have found innovative ways to use language and 
other forms of expression to critique military institutions and begin 
the process of demilitarizing their psyches.  </div></div>
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