American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam

Politics, Ideology, and Class

• Author(s): Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 264
• ISBN_10: 1137277890
  ISBN_13: 9781137277893
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism , History / United States / General , History / Modern / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Social Science / Media Studies , Performing Arts / General , Performing Arts / Film / General , Photography / Techniques / Cinematography & Videography , History / General ,

Description:... 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.