A "toxic genre" : the Iraq War films / / Martin Barker
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Pluto Press |
| New York, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.436585670443 |
| Soggetto topico: | Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
| War films - United States - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 fascinating reading for film studies students and anyone interested in cinema's portrayal of modern warfare. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A "toxic genre" |
| ISBN: | 9781783714483 |
| 1783714484 | |
| 9781849645973 | |
| 1849645973 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910964514303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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