A "toxic genre" : the Iraq War films

A "toxic genre" : the Iraq War films / Martin Barker.

Analyses the production and reception of recent Iraq war films, asking why they have become known as a 'Toxic Genre'.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barker, Martin, 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
2003-2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Mass media and the war.
War films > History and criticism.
Film criticism.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Film criticism
Mass media and war
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
War films
Iraq
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • The disappearing Iraq War films
  • No true glory: the film that never was
  • Constructing an "Iraq War experience"
  • From doughboys to grunts: the "American soldier"
  • Understanding film "failures"
  • Bringing the war home
  • Explaining the Iraq War
  • Producing a "toxic genre"
  • Free-riders and outliers
  • Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes
  • The hurt locker and beyond.

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