I Am ARMY

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>The identity of ARMY the dynamic global fanbase of Korean music group BTS is complex and nuanced. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>I Am ARMY</em><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)> locates documents and celebrates just some of the unique identities within the diverse fandom. A collection of autoethnographic essays each chapter in this book contains an ARMY experience which transcends the personal entirely. As such they sit as part of a broader socio-political examination and critique of the world we live in today. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>I Am ARMY</em><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)> gives the reader a chance to immerse themselves in the world of an ARMY living an entirely different life and the opportunity to understand just how socially constructed and influenced our lived-experiences truly are.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>Co-editor Eaglehawk frames the socio-political stories in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>I Am ARMY</em><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)> as accounts of 'practicing revolutionaries' and introduces BTS as 'participatory revolutionaries'. Drawing upon universal truths detailed throughout the book Eaglehawk develops a set of components for what she calls the 'Love Yourself Speak Yourself Revolution' which is currently underway.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>Within this book you will find the answers to questions such as: why are fandoms devalued? how can I learn to love myself? and how can I be a feminist and an ARMY? Above all else you will find a little piece of yourself written on the page; for each of us are ARMY each of us are human. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)>I Am ARMY</em><span style=background-color: rgba(250 249 246 1); color: rgba(74 74 74 1)> serves as a reminder that despite how disconnected we may feel from the world how disheartened or downtrodden we are not alone; ARMY or not.</span></p>