The 'war on terror' and American film : 9/11 frames per second /

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An exploration of the impact of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' on American cinema Popular cinema is often derided with the epithet 'it's only a movie', but is there any more potent cultural artefact than popular film? Where could one turn for a more effective cultural baromete...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McSweeney, Terence, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Colección:Traditions in American cinema.
Temas:
2000-2099
Terrorism in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 21st century.
Terrorisme au cinéma.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion pictures.
Terrorismus
Film.
Performing Arts.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The lives of others : vulnerability in post-9/11 American cinema
  • Boots on the ground : the new millennial combat film as cultural artefact
  • 'Masters of our own security' : redemption through violence in the post-9/11 action genre
  • Turning to the dark side : challenging American mythology in the superhero genre
  • Remaking 9/11 : imagining the unimaginable in the alien-invasion film
  • Decade of the dead : zombie films as allegory of national trauma
  • The rise and fall of empires : the 'war on terror' as allegorical moment in historical film.

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