Hollywood and War, The Film Reader

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Edited by J. David Slocum

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > War films

Keywords

war films, United States

Publishing date

2006

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

In Focus: Routledge Film Readers

1st publishing

2006

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 384 pages
6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches (16 x 24 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-415-36780-8
978-0-415-36780-6

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Book Presentation:
Discussing such classic films as Sergeant York, Air Force, and All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as more modern blockbusters like Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan, this outstanding volume focuses on Hollywood and its production of war films.

Topics covered include:

the early formation of war cinema
the apotheosis of the Hollywood war film
the ascendancy of ambivalence
Hollywood and the war since Vietnam
war as a way of seeing.
For any student of film studies or American cultural studies, this is a valuable companion.

About the Author:
J. David Slocum is Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science and Visiting Associate Professor of Cinema Studies in the Tisch School of Arts, both at New York University. His previous edited collections include Terrorism, Media, Liberation (2005), Rebel Without a Cause (2005) and Violence and American Cinema (2001).

See the publisher website: Routledge