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Everyday War
Book • 2023
Greta Lynn Uehling's 'Everyday War: The Conflict Over Donbas, Ukraine' offers an ethnographic account of civilian experiences in and around the Donbas during 2015–2017.
Based on fieldwork, the book describes how ordinary people engaged in deliberate practices to preserve daily life, social ties, and a sense of belonging under the strain of conflict.
Uehling develops the concept of 'everyday war' to capture noncombatant participation aimed at minimizing conflict and attributing blame to outsiders, including forms of practical orientalism and surreal shifts in social perception.
The book highlights how civilians oscillate between care, avoidance, and coping strategies, while also noting the darker phenomena of violent entrepreneurship and profiteering.
Overall, it foregrounds the human, mundane dimensions of war often obscured by strategic and military narratives.
Based on fieldwork, the book describes how ordinary people engaged in deliberate practices to preserve daily life, social ties, and a sense of belonging under the strain of conflict.
Uehling develops the concept of 'everyday war' to capture noncombatant participation aimed at minimizing conflict and attributing blame to outsiders, including forms of practical orientalism and surreal shifts in social perception.
The book highlights how civilians oscillate between care, avoidance, and coping strategies, while also noting the darker phenomena of violent entrepreneurship and profiteering.
Overall, it foregrounds the human, mundane dimensions of war often obscured by strategic and military narratives.
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