Mediating War and Identity

Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation

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Sous la direction de Lisa Purse et Ute Wölfel

Type

Studies

Sujet

Genre > War films

Mots Clés

war, representation, war films

Année d'édition

2020

Editeur

Edinburgh University Press

Langue

anglais

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Format

Hardcover • 226 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4744-4626-6

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Examines the processes of conceptualising the self through ambivalent figures like traitors in representations of war
• Offers a genealogy of figures of transgression, and proposes the functions to which such figures are put in the cultural debate about war and its consequences
• Case studies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, examining different types of cultural representation
• Pushes forward understanding of specific forms and circumstances of transgression, but also the variety of figures of transgression that can be manifest in cultural representation
• Extends understanding of how figures of transgression are situated in Western visual and media culture, and to what ends

In state and public discussion about war and conflict, figures of transgression such as deserters, pacifist and emigrants are often marginalised, but they also play a key role in rethinking cultural and national identity in the wake of military violence. Raising questions of agency, responsibility and culpability in relation to the ‘other’, their cultural representation can enable reflection on and renegotiation of values and collective norms after the destabilisation of war.

Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction of these transgressive figures in a variety of visual media, as well as the narrative, socio-cultural, political and historical contexts in which they emerge.

À propos des auteurs :
Dr Lisa Purse is Associate Professor in Film in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading.
Dr Ute Wolfel is Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Reading

Revue de Presse:
This remarkable study illuminates the cultural imaginary of war in a fundamentally new way. Exploring the deep veins of resistance within a narrative frame dominated by symbols of consensus, the authors offer a wholly original reading of one of the most consequential genres of 20 and 21st century life. Timely and important.– Robert Burgoyne, author of The Hollywood Historical Film

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