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Direct linkLyons, Zachary – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2004
This paper explores the participation of the French Foreign Legion in national conflicts (from colonial conquest to peace-keeping) and its impact on the imagined community constituted by the unit. Implicit to the notion of the Legion as refuge and fellow legionnaires as a band of brothers are narratives of identity and difference grounded in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nationalism, Ethnicity, Military Service
