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Becoming Soldiers: Army Basic Training and the Negotiation of Identity

Description:

This dissertation examines the process of Basic Training and how that process works to convert civilian recruits into soldiers. The common conception of Basic Training is that the Army "breaks you down and builds you back up again." However, the nine week process of Basic Training is hardly...

Author:

Bornmann, John W.

Keyword:

Basic Training, soldier, rite of passage, military, education, and ethnography

GW Unit:

Human Sciences

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Grinker, Roy R

Committee Member(s):

Weitzer, Ronald and Hiltebeitel, Alfred

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation