Specters of war : Hollywood's engagement with military conflict /

Specters of War: Hollywood's Engagement with Military Conflict looks at the way war has been brought to the screen in various genres and at different historical moments throughout the twentieth century. Elisabeth Bronfen asserts that Hollywood has emerged as a place where national narratives ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bronfen, Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press 2012.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hj3rx
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Unfinished business of the Civil War
  • Home and its discontent
  • War entertainment
  • Choreography of battle
  • Reporting the war
  • Court-martial drama
  • War's sustained haunting
  • Conclusion.