War Body on Screen
Contributors: Karen Randell (Editor); Sean Redmond (Editor)
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group; Continuum
Published: January 21, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780826428226
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Media studies; Other warfare & defence issues; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Body, Human, in motion pictures; History and criticism; Press coverage; War; War films
Description: The discussion of the war body on screen is best served by drawing upon multiple and diverging view points, differing academic backgrounds and methodological approaches. A multi-disciplinary approach is essential in order to capture and interpret the complexity of the war body on screen and its many manifestations. In this collection, contributors utilize textual analysis, psychoanalysis, post-colonialism, comparative analysis, narrative theory, discourse analysis, representation and identity as their theoretical footprints. Analysis of the impact of new media and information technologies on the construction and transmission of war bodies is also been addressed. The War Body on Screen has a highly original structure, with themed sections organized around 'the body of the soldier'; 'the body of the terrorist'; and 'the body of the hostage'