A companion to the war film / edited by Douglas A. Cunningham and John C. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cunningham, Douglas A., 1969- editor.

Nelson, John C., 1964- editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War films--History and criticism.

War films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

System Details:

stereo

Contents:

"Hearing" the music in war films

Antilochus's burden : the crisis-catharsis rhetoric of bereavement messages

War films in an age of war and cinema

Exploring war horror's narrative punch in Spielberg's Munich and Saving Private Ryan

The service tragicomedy : from Woody Allen to Full Metal Jacket

The wartime American woman on film : home front soldier

"Conspiracy of silence" : the containment of military women in World War II newsreels and short films

Filming a nuclear state : the USAF's Lookout Mountain laboratory

The gendered remembrance of Japanese-American internment : come see the Paradise and Snow Falling on Cedars

"The angels of Bataan and Corregidor" : representing nurses in the Pacific Theater

In the exigency of a national cause : Bollywood's responses to the Kargil War

Transnational Algerian war cinema revisited : comic relief in Merzak Allouache's Bab el-oued City and Bab el-Oued

Fifty years hence : the Forgotten War remembered in South Korean and American cinema

Dresden (2006) : marketing the bombing of Dresden in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States

How to recognize a war movie : the contemporary science-fiction blockbuster as military recruitment film

Making citizens out of soldiers : re-arming the individual in Paul May's 08/15

Those at home also serve : women's television and embedded military realism in Army Wives (Lifetime, 2006-2014)

Generation kill : the invasion of Iraq as seen on HBO

"TiK ToK on the clock, but the party don't stop, no" : the parodic military dance video on YouTube

Kuwaiting for Godot : the absurd theatre of war in Jarhead

The meaning of the soldier : in the Year of the Pig and Hearts and Minds

Why we (shouldn't) fight : the double-optic of the war documentary

A war for everyone : strategic ambiguity in the Homefront War drama

Is there such a thing as an antiwar film?

Through a soldier's eyes : stereoscopic gazing in Operation Homecoming : writing the wartime experience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. "Hearing" the Music in War Films / Robert Eberwein -- 2. Antilochus's Burden: The Crisis-Catharsis Rhetoric of Bereavement Messages / David Ryan -- 3. War Films in an Age of War and Cinema / John Garofolo -- 4. Exploring War Horror's Narrative Punch in Spielberg's Munich and Saving Private Ryan / Sandra Singer -- 5. The Service Tragicomedy: From Woody Allen to Full Metal Jacket / Matthew Sorrento -- 6. The Wartime American Woman on Film: Home Front Soldier / Jeanine Basinger -- 7. "Conspiracy of Silence": The Containment of Military Women in World War II Newsreels and Short Films / Anna Froula -- 8. Filming a Nuclear State: The USAF's Lookout Mountain Laboratory / Kevin Hamilton and Ned O'Gorman -- 9. The Gendered Remembrance of Japanese-American Internment: Come See the Paradise and Snow Falling on Cedars / Yuki Obayashi -- 10. "The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor": Representing Nurses in the Pacific Theater / Debra White-Stanley -- 11. In the Exigency of a National Cause: Bollywood's Responses to the Kargil War / Kaustav Bakshi and Ramit Samaddar -- 12. Transnational Algerian War Cinema Revisited: Comic Relief in Merzak Allouache's Bab el-oued City and Bab el-Oued / Christa Jones -- 13. Fifty Years Hence: The Forgotten War Remembered in South Korean and American Cinema / John Nelson -- 14. Dresden (2006): Marketing the Bombing of Dresden in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States / Linda R. Robertson -- 15. How to Recognize a War Movie: The Contemporary Science-Fiction Blockbuster as Military Recruitment Film / Tanine Allison -- 16. Making Citizens out of Soldiers: Rearming the Individual in Paul May's 08/15 / Mark Gagnon -- 17. Those at Home Also Serve: Women's Television and Embedded Military Realism in Army Wives (Lifetime, 2006-2014) / Mary Elizabeth Haralovich -- 18. Generation Kill: The Invasion of Iraq As Seen on HBO / Deborah L. Jaramillo -- 19. "TiK ToK on the Clock, but the Party Don't Stop, No": The Parodic Military Dance Video on YouTube / Leah Shafer -- 20. Kuwaiting for Godot: The Absurd Theatre of War in Jarhead / Cason Murphy -- 21. The Meaning of the Soldier: In the Year of the Pig and Hearts and Minds / Laura Browder -- 22. Why We (Shouldn't) Fight: The Double-Optic of the War Documentary / Kris Fallon -- 23. A War for Everyone: Strategic Ambiguity in the Homefront War Drama / Dan Hassoun -- 24. Is There Such a Thing as an Antiwar Film? / Agnieszka Soltysik -- 25. Through a Soldier's Eyes: Stereoscopic Gazing in Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience / Kelly Wilz.

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Print version: Companion to the war film.

ISBN:

9781118337615

1118337611

9781118337622

111833762X

9781118337653

1118337654

Publisher Number:

99995914660

11225387

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