Seminar 2 : Memoirs and Memories of the Falklands War.
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This seminar will look at the various ways in which the Falklands War was
represented at the time and since. We will look at personal testimony and by
looking at the competing narratives in soldier’s memoirs we can explore what
happened to the soldiers both before and after the conflict and also what
particular historiographical issues are raised by the use of published memoirs.
Questions to think about
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Why has the Falklands War been experiences as so traumatic?
Why do soldiers write stories? and why do people read them?
The Falklands, Theatre, Oral History, Northern Ireland, Race and National
Identity, Anti-racism,
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