Everyday life, participant observation, and the bodies caught between wars on terror and drugs. Issue 2 (4th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crane-Seeber, Jesse Paul
• Is Part Of: Critical studies on security. Volume 5:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 198
• Page End: 202
• Publication Date: 2017-05-04
• Subjects: War on terror -- war on drugs -- embodiment -- fieldwork -- participant observation -- bodies -- incarceration -- veterans; Security, International -- Periodicals; International relations -- Periodicals; 355
• DOI: 10.1080/21624887.2017.1320879
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2162-4909

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Fieldwork with U.S. veterans showed me many things I never expected. As good fieldwork should, it disrupted my questions and showed me answers I was not seeking. Drawing on that experience, this essay reflects on the bodies of soldiers, particularly the ways they are medicated and surveilled. Looking into everyday life reveals how the twin logics of the 'war on terror' and 'war on drugs' concatenate, showing a side of the state security apparatus that is underappreciated.