A 'Toxic Genre': The Iraq War Films
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:…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7453-3129-4
- EAN: 9780745331294
- Produktnummer: 11060100
- Verlag: Pluto Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.3 cm 249 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 249
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