War Isn't Hell, It's Entertainment

Essays on Visual Media and the Representation of Conflict

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by Rikke Schubart, Fabian Virchow, Debra White-Stanley and Tanja Thomas

Type

Essays

Subject

Genre > War films

Keywords

war films, sociology

Publishing date

2009

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 290 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-3558-6

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Book Presentation:
Real war is a cruel theater of death, yet it is also an exciting narrative exploited for national, political and commercial purposes and turned into numerous films, television shows, computer games, news stories and reenactment plays. These essays examine the relationship between war, visual media and entertainment from a number of academic perspectives. Key topics include how war is used as an imaginary site to stage dramas; how boundaries between war, media, and entertainment dissolve as new media alters the formal qualities of representation; how entertainment is used to engage audiences; and what effect products of war and entertainment have on consumers of popular culture.

About the authors:
Rikke Schubart is director of studies and associate professor of literature, media and cultural studies at the University of Southern Denmark.
Fabian Virchow holds an interim professorship at the Center for Conflict Studies at Philipps University, Germany.
Debra White-Stanley is an assistant professor of film studies at Indiana University and Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tanja Thomas is a professor of communication studies and media studies at The University of Lueneburg, Germany.

Press Reviews:
"makes an important contribution to the field of media and conflict"—Cinema Journal.

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