Combat death in contemporary american culture: popular cultural conceptions of war since world war ii
Auteur :
Monnet, Agnieszka Soltysik
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781793634979
Date de publication :
23 juin 2021
Dimensions :
21,8 x 15,4 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
490 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book examines the portrayal of combat and military death in American popular culture, from the flag-raising on Iwo Jima to the war in Iraq, to show how the genres of melodrama, adventure, and horror shape the way Americans feel about war and its core realities of killing and dying.