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UNINA9910964514303321 |
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Autore |
Barker Martin |
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Titolo |
A "toxic genre" : the Iraq War films / / Martin Barker |
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London, : Pluto Press |
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New York, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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9781783714483 |
1783714484 |
9781849645973 |
1849645973 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
War films - United States - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The disappearing Iraq War films -- No true glory: the film that never was -- Constructing an "Iraq War experience" -- From doughboys to grunts: the "American soldier" -- Understanding film "failures" -- Bringing the war home -- Explaining the Iraq War -- Producing a "toxic genre" -- Free-riders and outliers -- Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes -- The hurt locker and beyond. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, The Hurt Locker, won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led Variety to dub them a 'toxic genre'? Martin Barker analyses the production and reception of these recent Iraq war films. Among the issues he examines are the borrowing of soldiers' YouTube styles of self-representation to generate an 'authentic' Iraq experience, and how they take refuge in 'apolitical' post-traumatic stress disorder. Barker also looks afresh at some classic issues in film theory: the problems of accounting for film 'failures', the shaping role of production systems, the significance of genre-naming and the impact of that 'toxic' label. A 'Toxic Genre' is |
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