> Celebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and obliterate communities. Black Legend is the haunting story of an Afro-Argentine, <<Blurb>> Raúl Grigera (“el negro Raúl”), who in the early 1900s audaciously fashioned himself into an alluring Black icon of Buenos Aires’ bohemian nightlife, “Susan L. Carruthers is an eloquent storyteller. She exposes not only the poignancy of love in times of war, but also how perceptions of girlfriends and wives as ‘flight risks’ become powerful stimuli to male solidarity. A captivating history.” only to have defamatory storytellers <<About the Author>> “Dear John is, dare I say, a pleasure to read, in addition to being incisive regarding the gendering and biases built around the mythopoeia of the epistolary breakup. Carruthers’s multidimensional interrogation of the wartime brushoff encompasses fictions, reality, sexual orientation, POWs, social media, and all manner of telling the loved one So long, see you never. This learned and relevant treatment is a unique and deeply researched addition to the literature of broken hearts.” Raúl Grigera and the Power JOANNA BOURKE, author of War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict of UK publication <<UK date>> A Marine’s Jarhead:Pub of Racial Storytelling inChronicle Argentina the Gulf War and Other Battles US publication <<US Pub date>> ANTHONY SWOFFORD, author of <<Bibliographic Information>> <<ISBN>> <<Format of Book>> P A U LGBP>> I N A L . / A<<Book L B E R T OPrice <<Book Price 9 781108 830775 USD>> USD / <<Book Price CAD>> CAD unmake him. In this gripping history, Paulina Alberto exposes the destructive power of racial storytelling and narrates a new history of Black Argentina and Argentine Blackness across two Advance praise centuries. With the extraordinary Raúl Grigera at its center, Black Legend opens new windows into lived <<Advance Praise/Reviews>> experiences of Blackness in a “White” nation, and illuminates how Raúl’s experience of celebrity was not far removed from more ordinary experiences of racial stories in the flesh. Love and Loyalty in Wartime America ISBN 978-1-108-83077-5 Detail from a photo by Larry Burrows/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images. SUSAN L . C ARRUTHER S O N At a glance J A • <<Sales Points>> ZZ A PERSONAL JOURNEY ALYN SHIPTON ‘THIS IS THE BACK STORY OF THE GODS WHO CREATE THE MAGIC. I LOVED IT.’ – SONNY ROLLINS 2 THE CA MBRIDGE CENTENARY The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes Edited by CATHERINE FLYNN Are “Dear John” letters lethal weapons in the hands of men at war? Many US officers, servicemen, veterans, and civilians would say yes. Drawing on personal letters, oral histories, and psychiatric reports, as well as popular music and movies, Susan L. Carruthers shows how the armed forces and civilian society have attempted to weaponize romantic love in pursuit of martial ends, from World War II to today. Yet efforts to discipline feeling have frequently failed. And women have often borne the blame. This sweeping history of emotional life in wartime explores the interplay between letter writing and storytelling, breakups and breakdowns, and between imploded intimacy and boosted camaraderie. Incorporating vivid personal experiences in a lively and engaging prose – variously tragic, comic, and everything in between – this compelling study will change the way we think about wartime relationships. HO-FUNG HUNG CITY ON THE EDGE HONG KONG UNDER CHINESE RULE</article></body></html>

<> <> “This fast-moving journey through a century of soldiers’ heartbreak and rage at being dumped by their sweethearts reveals the psychological distance between the home front and the war theatre, but even more tellingly illuminates the eternal war between men and women.” “Whether distraught, amused, or enraged, jilted GIs have long bonded as victims of betrayal. Susan L. Carruthers’s marvellously written new book not only explores the origin and evolution of the ‘Dear John’ letter, but illuminates the misogyny that often underlies this military brotherhood, the alleged correlation with suicide, and the impact on the writers of these infamous epistles.” The Many Lives of NANCY F. COTT, author of Fighting Words: The Brave American Journalists Who Brought the World Home between the Wars 7 BRIAN MCALLISTER LINN, author of Elvis’s Army: Cold War GIs and the Atomic Battlefield C ARRUTHER S Alberto r e f six on: f New Season Highlights <> Celebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and obliterate communities. Black Legend is the haunting story of an Afro-Argentine, <<Blurb>> Raúl Grigera (“el negro Raúl”), who in the early 1900s audaciously fashioned himself into an alluring Black icon of Buenos Aires’ bohemian nightlife, “Susan L. Carruthers is an eloquent storyteller. She exposes not only the poignancy of love in times of war, but also how perceptions of girlfriends and wives as ‘flight risks’ become powerful stimuli to male solidarity. A captivating history.” only to have defamatory storytellers <<About the Author>> “Dear John is, dare I say, a pleasure to read, in addition to being incisive regarding the gendering and biases built around the mythopoeia of the epistolary breakup. Carruthers’s multidimensional interrogation of the wartime brushoff encompasses fictions, reality, sexual orientation, POWs, social media, and all manner of telling the loved one So long, see you never. This learned and relevant treatment is a unique and deeply researched addition to the literature of broken hearts.” Raúl Grigera and the Power JOANNA BOURKE, author of War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict of UK publication <<UK date>> A Marine’s Jarhead:Pub of Racial Storytelling inChronicle Argentina the Gulf War and Other Battles US publication <<US Pub date>> ANTHONY SWOFFORD, author of <<Bibliographic Information>> <<ISBN>> <<Format of Book>> P A U LGBP>> I N A L . / A<<Book L B E R T OPrice <<Book Price 9 781108 830775 USD>> USD / <<Book Price CAD>> CAD unmake him. In this gripping history, Paulina Alberto exposes the destructive power of racial storytelling and narrates a new history of Black Argentina and Argentine Blackness across two Advance praise centuries. With the extraordinary Raúl Grigera at its center, Black Legend opens new windows into lived <<Advance Praise/Reviews>> experiences of Blackness in a “White” nation, and illuminates how Raúl’s experience of celebrity was not far removed from more ordinary experiences of racial stories in the flesh. Love and Loyalty in Wartime America ISBN 978-1-108-83077-5 Detail from a photo by Larry Burrows/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images. SUSAN L . C ARRUTHER S O N At a glance J A • <<Sales Points>> ZZ A PERSONAL JOURNEY ALYN SHIPTON ‘THIS IS THE BACK STORY OF THE GODS WHO CREATE THE MAGIC. I LOVED IT.’ – SONNY ROLLINS 2 THE CA MBRIDGE CENTENARY The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes Edited by CATHERINE FLYNN Are “Dear John” letters lethal weapons in the hands of men at war? Many US officers, servicemen, veterans, and civilians would say yes. Drawing on personal letters, oral histories, and psychiatric reports, as well as popular music and movies, Susan L. Carruthers shows how the armed forces and civilian society have attempted to weaponize romantic love in pursuit of martial ends, from World War II to today. Yet efforts to discipline feeling have frequently failed. And women have often borne the blame. This sweeping history of emotional life in wartime explores the interplay between letter writing and storytelling, breakups and breakdowns, and between imploded intimacy and boosted camaraderie. Incorporating vivid personal experiences in a lively and engaging prose – variously tragic, comic, and everything in between – this compelling study will change the way we think about wartime relationships. HO-FUNG HUNG CITY ON THE EDGE HONG KONG UNDER CHINESE RULE</article></body></html>