| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 150 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Embodiment and pathos in the war film: The hurt locker -- Waiting for terror: Zero dark thirty -- Intimate violence: drone vision in Eye in the sky -- War as revelation: A private war: Restrepo, Infidel, Into the Korengal, and Sleeping soldiers-single screen -- American pastoral: American sniper |
| Summary |
"The New American War Film explores how, in the wake of 9/11, both the nature of military conflict and the symbolic frameworks that surround it have been dramatically reshaped. Drawing attention to changes in gender dynamics and the focus on war's lasting psychological effects within recent films, Robert Burgoyne demonstrates how cinema both reflects and reveals the national imaginary"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 11, 2023) |
| Subject |
War films -- United States -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
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War films
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Film criticism.
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Critiques cinématographiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2023012249 |
| ISBN |
9781452969732 |
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1452969736 |
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1452969728 |
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9781452969725 |
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