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Item Details
| Title:
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A 'TOXIC GENRE'
THE IRAQ WAR FILMS |
| By: |
Martin Barker |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849645973 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849645973 |
| Publisher: |
PLUTO PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
3 June, 2011 |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Description: |
Analyses the production and reception of recent Iraq war films, asking why they have become known as a 'Toxic Genre'. |
| Synopsis: |
Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, The Hurt Locker, won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led Variety to dub them a 'toxic genre'?Martin Barker analyses the production and reception of these recent Iraq war films. Among the issues he examines are the borrowing of soldiers' YouTube styles of self-representation to generate an `authentic' Iraq experience, and how they take refuge in `apolitical' post-traumatic stress disorder. Barker also looks afresh at some classic issues in film theory: the problems of accounting for film `failures', the shaping role of production systems, the significance of genre-naming and the impact of that 'toxic' label.A 'Toxic Genre' is fascinating reading for film studies students and anyone interested in cinema's portrayal of modern warfare. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Pluto Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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