American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam [electronic resource] : Politics, Ideology, and Class /
Keeton, Patricia.author.
Scheckner, Peter.author.
No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines the latest cycle of war films to reveal how they mediate and negotiate the complexities of war, class, and a military-political mission largely gone bad.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines the latest cycle of war films to reveal how they mediate and negotiate the complexities of war, class, and a military-political mission largely gone bad.
Pt. 1. Evolution of American war cinema and media since Vietnam -- Introduction: American war cinema and media since Vietnam: politics, ideology, and class -- The worker as warrior: social class and political betrayal in literature from Homer to Heller -- Resurrecting the good war -- Culture wars and war: gender, race and class -- The role of media: from the manufacture of consent to the manufacture of dissent -- Pt. 2. Representations of workers as warriors in contemporary war cinema and media -- Class and politics: contemporary American war films and first person shooter video war games -- Ideological negotiation in the combat film -- The returning veteran and the home front melodrama -- Iraq and Afghanistan war films: where is the ruling class? -- Alternative media and representations of war -- Pt. 3. Appendices -- Master list of films since 1973 (alphabetical by title with release date) -- Chronology by year: historical events and relevant films and media.
Motion pictures-History.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
America-History.
Communication.
Motion pictures and television.
Film History.
US History.
Modern History.
History of the Americas.
Media Studies.
Screen Studies.