Ari Räisänen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Contemporary US fiction and culture.
School of Humanities, Philosophical Faculty
My research focuses on contemporary American literature and, in particular, the ways in which it negotiates the relationship between violence and American national identity. In my dissertation, I examine how texts written by contemporary American veteran authors of the War on Terror generate counternarratives that contest popular imaginings of war, soldiering, and national belonging.
Publications
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Narrative Battlescapes : The Military Unconscious and the Hegemonic Soldier in Contemporary US Veteran Literature
Räisänen, Ari, 2025, Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology. G4 Doctoral dissertation (monograph) -
A War at the End of Empire: The Militarization of America and Matt Gallagher’s Empire City
Räisänen, Ari, 2023, European journal of American studies, 18, 2, 1-17. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Ikuisen sodan varjossa: Yhdysvaltalainen terrorisminvastaisen sodan veteraanikirjallisuus
Räisänen, Ari, 2022, SAM magazine. E1 Popularised article, newspaper article -
Flanking Maneuvers: The Counternarratives of the Military Unconscious in Phil Klay's "After Action Report" and "War Stories"
Räisänen, Ari, 2021, American studies in scandinavia, 53, 1, 121-142. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research