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The outcome of five years of intensive research, the book closely examines the experience of military brats, describing the patterns of shared experience in childhood and tying these to their psychological legacies. Mary edwards wertsch born mary brightwell edwards on july 23, 1951 is an author, journalist, independent publisher and expert on the subculture of american military brats. This book is considered the seminal piece of literature dealing with the effects of growing up as a military brat. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress by mary edwards wertsch fawcett columbine 1991 355. Military brats childhoods are often scarred by alcoholism, abuse, and an everpresent threat of a parents loss to war. Publication date 1991 topics children of military personnel united states, sociology, military united states, united states armed forces military life. Based on five years of research, including indepth interviews. The resulting book describes a cultural shaping so powerful that it unites. The overall effect on me, she wrote later, was like. Heres a book about another subculture that i never realized existed. Mary edwards wertsch, author of the book military brats. A startling, groundbreaking exploration, military brats is the first book to analyze what it means to grow up in the mil.
Military brats is an illuminating study both journalistic and psychoanalytic of what author mary wertsch calls the fortress, that peculiar institution that structures the lives of all career military professionals and their families. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress wertsch, mary edwards livres. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress by wertsch, mary edwards isbn. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress 9780517584002 by wertsch, mary edwards and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. They call themselves military brats, but many of them grow up so strictly disciplined that they are anything but spoiled and smartalecky. A fascinating, eyeopening account, military brats illuminates the psychological effectspositive and negativeof fortress life upon the children born into it, with an emphasis on resolving the experience successfully.
Mary wertsch, who grew up in an army infantry family, needed to read a. Based on a 5year study and 80 candid interviews with adult military brats, this book casts light upon the consequences of being raised in a military family. For this reason, i would recommend this book to anybody, not just to military brats or military families. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress is considered to be the seminal book on growing up and forever being a military brat. Military brats by mary edwards wertsch overdrive rakuten. Mary edwards wertsch, military brats legacies of childhood. Prueba prime hola, identificate cuenta y listas identificate cuenta y listas devoluciones y pedidos prueba prime. Wertsch examines and explains, in particular, the effects of military life on children who grow up inside. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress, the 1991 groundbreaking book about growing up military, and how it continues to affect military children well into adulthood. Author mary edwards wertsch is the daughter of a career military officer. Military brats wertsch, mary edwards 9780517584002 hpb.
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This book was published in 1991 and refers mostly to the children of military personnel of the postwar ii era boomers. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress by mary edwards wertsch overview a startling, groundbreaking exploration, military brats is the first book to identify a cultural groupchildren of the military that had been completely below the societal radar. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress wertsch, mary edwards on. Publication date 1991 topics children of military personnel united states, sociology, military united states, united states armed forces military life publisher harmony books collection. In order to better understand the military brat mindset, puruse these exerpts from the book by mary edwards wertsch, military brats legacies of childhood inside the fortress. Mary edwards wertsch is an author, journalist, independent. Legacies of childhood inside the fortress, was one of the seminal inspirations for the film. Despite its many handicaps, a military upbringing also offers unique bonuses, and wertsch stresses the particular strengths that military brats can, and.
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