Hollywood War Film (eBook)

Critical Observations from World War I to Iraq

Daniel Binns (Autor)

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2017
150 Seiten
Intellect Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78320-756-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Considering selected films representing three periods in history - World Wars I and II, the Vietnam War, and major conflicts in the Middle East, The Hollywood War Film maps cinematic discourses within Hollywood's representations of war and conflict. This results in an understanding of the Hollywood genre as both a tool and a cultural phenomenon. 

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Considering selected films representing three periods in history - World Wars I and II and their interim, the Vietnam War, and the major conflicts in the Middle East - The Hollywood War Film reflects on Hollywood's representations of war and conflict, in order to map some cinematic discourses therein. This results in an understanding of the Hollywood genre not just as a categorising tool, but rather as a dynamic, inscriptive, iterative cultural phenomenon. Broadly, the thesis of the book is twofold: Firstly, that there are commonalities in Hollywood films representing distinct conflicts and eras, and that recent war films more closely echo early war films in terms of their nationalistic and idealistic perspectives. Secondly, the work proposes a reconfiguring of genre as less concrete and classificatory, and more dynamic and iterative. In doing so, The Hollywood War Film analyses some of the most important war films from the past century, including All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Full Metal Jacket (1987) and The Hurt Locker (2009).

Autor

lt;p>Daniel Binns is a lecturer in media at Melbourne’s RMIT University.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements and Dedication

Introduction: War and Cinema

Chapter 1: For Glory: World Wars I and II

Chapter 2: Fear and Frustration: Korea and Vietnam

Chapter 3: Live from the Front Line: Conflict in the Middle East

Chapter 4: Extended Discourse: Cross-Platform War

Conclusion: Cycles of Violence, Repeat Performances

Bibliography

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2017
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: film criticism • Film theory • History of Cinema • Hollywood • Major conflicts • War films
• ISBN-10: 1-78320-756-6 / 1783207566
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78320-756-5 / 9781783207565