Destructive sublime : World War II in American film and media /

"The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the 'good war, ' fought by the "greatest generation" for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spec...

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Váldodahkki: Allison, Tanine, 1979- (Dahkki)
Materiálatiipa: Licensed eBooks
Giella:eaŋgalasgiella
Almmustuhtton: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press [2018]
Ráidu:War culture.
Liŋkkat:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1fxkkh
Sisdoallologahallan:
  • Introduction: A retrospective look at the World War II combat genre
  • "No faking here": The new authenticity of wartime combat documentaries
  • The "good war"? Style and space in 1940s combat films
  • Rationalizing war: Reconstructions of World War II during the Cold War and Vietnam
  • Nostalgia for combat: World War II at the end of cinema
  • Simulating war on an algorithmic playground
  • Conclusion: A bad war? The World War II combat genre now.