Destructive sublime : World War II in American film and media /

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"The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the 'good war, ' fought by the "greatest generation" for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allison, Tanine, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Colección:War culture.
Temas:
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Mass media and the war.
War films > United States > History and criticism.
War video games.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cinéma et guerre.
Films de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Jeux vidéo de guerre.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
War video games
Mass media and war
War and motion pictures
War films
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A retrospective look at the World War II combat genre
  • "No faking here": The new authenticity of wartime combat documentaries
  • The "good war"? Style and space in 1940s combat films
  • Rationalizing war: Reconstructions of World War II during the Cold War and Vietnam
  • Nostalgia for combat: World War II at the end of cinema
  • Simulating war on an algorithmic playground
  • Conclusion: A bad war? The World War II combat genre now.

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