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American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam

Politics, Ideology, and Class

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Evolution of American War Cinema and Media Since Vietnam

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 3-20
    3. The Worker as Warrior

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 21-32
    4. Resurrecting the Good War

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 33-60
    5. Culture Wars and War

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 61-81
    6. The Role of Media

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 83-101
  3. Representations of Workers as Warriors in Contemporary War Cinema and Media

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
    2. Class and Politics

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 105-118
    3. Ideological Negotiation in the Combat War Film

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 119-139
    4. The Returning Veteran and the Home Front Melodrama

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 141-159
    5. Where is the Ruling Class?

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 161-180
    6. Alternative Media and Representations of War

      • Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner
      Pages 181-197
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 199-264

About this book

No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines the latest cycle of war films to reveal how they mediate and negotiate the complexities of war, class, and a military-political mission largely gone bad.

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About the authors

Author Patricia Keeton: Patricia Keeton is Associate Professor of Communications in the School of Contemporary Art at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA. Author Peter Scheckner: Peter Scheckner is Professor of Literature at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA.

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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