[Linganth] tomorrow

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
I am so delighted to announce that the CaMP reading group with Janet
McIntosh as the featured author will be tomorrow- September 26th.

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.

<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOjdhcYne2l2LklFKhELrQREJZuybew_/view?usp=sharing>
The readings can be found here:
A 2 page content warning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oY006NrTUvKCdvbTDM-I98lFbMEkmwJN/view?usp=sharing

pp. 18-29 of the Introduction
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DB0iuOQ0W3chohoU6oVo4OLBTxMess3/view?usp=sharing

Chapter 2;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zOjdhcYne2l2LklFKhELrQREJZuybew_/view?usp=sharing

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:

  https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698 <https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698>

If you want to see the full line-up for this year, you can find it here:
https://campanthropology.org/virtual-reading-group/

Looking forward to seeing you all virtually,

Ilana

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 de-individuate,
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.

*Kill Talk* 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.
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