- Summary
- "This book examines 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"--Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2009]
©2009
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Introduction / Rikke Schubart
The public war body. War porn: spectacle and seduction in contemporary American war memorials / Erika Doss
Sporting aces and the military: performance, discipline, and nationalism in the fields of honor / Fabian Virchow
The camera at war: when soldiers become war photographers / Mette Mortensen
Getting the story right: myth, meaning, and gendered war mythology in the case of Jessica Lynch / Rikke Schubart
Celebrities and 9/11: "a simple show of unity" / Sue Collins
War and entertainment. Gender management, popular culture, and the military / Tanja Thomas
"Tell me that wasn't fun": watching the battle scenes in master and commander with a smile on your face / Anne Gjelsvik
Comic situations/endless war: M*A*S*H and war as entertainment / Yvonne Tasker
Lavishing the body politic: The Manchurian candidate / Debra White-Stanley
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: image and reality / Lawrence H. Suid
Playing at war. The authentic illusion: twentieth century war reenactors and the ownership of history / Jenny Thompson
Digital war games and post 9/11 geographies of militarism / Marcus Power
The political battlefield of pro-Arab video games on Palestinian screens / Helga Tawil-Souri
Manufacturing militainment: video game producers and military brand games / Matthew Thomas Payne
War/games: the art of rules and strategies / Bo Kampmann Walther.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Schubart, Rikke.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Rikke Schubart -- The public war body. War porn: spectacle and seduction in contemporary American war memorials / Erika Doss -- Sporting aces and the military: performance, discipline, and nationalism in the fields of honor / Fabian Virchow -- The camera at war: when soldiers become war photographers / Mette Mortensen -- Getting the story right: myth, meaning, and gendered war mythology in the case of Jessica Lynch / Rikke Schubart -- Celebrities and 9/11: "a simple show of unity" / Sue Collins -- War and entertainment. Gender management, popular culture, and the military / Tanja Thomas -- "Tell me that wasn't fun": watching the battle scenes in master and commander with a smile on your face / Anne Gjelsvik -- Comic situations/endless war: M*A*S*H and war as entertainment / Yvonne Tasker -- Lavishing the body politic: The Manchurian candidate / Debra White-Stanley -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki: image and reality / Lawrence H. Suid -- Playing at war. The authentic illusion: twentieth century war reenactors and the ownership of history / Jenny Thompson -- Digital war games and post 9/11 geographies of militarism / Marcus Power -- The political battlefield of pro-Arab video games on Palestinian screens / Helga Tawil-Souri -- Manufacturing militainment: video game producers and military brand games / Matthew Thomas Payne -- War/games: the art of rules and strategies / Bo Kampmann Walther.
