LEADER 04621cam a2200697 i 4500001 266608 005 20240621232417.0 008 180614t20182018njua b s001 0 eng 010 2017054975 015 GBB940335 |2bnb 020 9780813597492 |q(hardcover ; |qalkaline paper) 020 0813597498 |q(hardcover ; |qalkaline paper) 020 9780813597485 |q(paperback ; |qalkaline paper) 020 081359748X |q(paperback ; |qalkaline paper) 020 |z9780813597508 |q(electronic book) 020 |z0813597501 |q(electronic book) 020 |z9780813597522 |q(electronic book) 020 |z0813597528 |q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)on1007582397 035 266608 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dYDX |dOCLCO |dIUL |dOBE |dINU |dCHVBK |dOCLCO |dUKMGB |dOCLCA |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dOCL |dLHM 050 00 D743.23 |b.A45 2018 100 1 Allison, Tanine, |d1979- |eauthor. 245 10 Destructive sublime : |bWorld War II in American film and media / |cTanine Allison. 264 1 New Brunswick, New Jersey : |bRutgers University Press, |c[2018] 264 4 |c©2018 300 vii, 248 pages : |billustrations (some color) ; |c23 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 War culture 520 "The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the "good war," fought by the "greatest generation" for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spectacular violence. Combat sequences, Tanine Allison argues, construct a counter-narrative of World War II by reminding viewers of the war's harsh brutality. Destructive Sublime traces a new aesthetic history of the World War II combat genre by looking back at it through the lens of contemporary video games like Call of Duty. Allison locates some of video games' glorification of violence, disruptive audiovisual style, and bodily sensation in even the most canonical and seemingly conservative films of the genre. In a series of case studies spanning more than seventy years--from wartime documentaries like The Battle of San Pietro to fictional reenactments like The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan to combat video games like Medal of Honor--this book reveals how the genre's aesthetic forms reflect (and influence) how American culture conceives of war, nation, and representation itself"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index. 505 0 Introduction : a retrospective look at the World War II combat genre -- "No faking here" : the new authenticity of wartime combat documentaries -- The "good war"? : style and space in 1940s combat films -- Rationalizing war : reconstructions of World War II during the Cold War and Vietnam -- Nostalgia for combat : World War II at the end of cinema -- Simulating war on an algorithmic playground -- Conclusion : a bad war? : the World War II combat genre now. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xMotion pictures and the war. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xMass media and the war. 650 0 War films |zUnited States |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 War video games. 650 6 Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 |xCinéma et guerre. |0(CaQQLa)201-0056519 650 6 Films de guerre |zÉtats-Unis |0(CaQQLa)201-0407727 |xHistoire et critique. |0(CaQQLa)000283364 650 6 Jeux de guerre sur ordinateur. |0(CaQQLa)201-0193443 650 7 War video games. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00872697 650 7 Mass media and war. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01011378 650 7 War and motion pictures. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919878 650 7 War films. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01170482 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 Computerspiel. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4010457-6 650 7 Film. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4017102-4 650 7 Weltkrieg |g1939-1945, Motiv. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4133624-0 651 7 USA. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4078704-7 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 War culture. 856 40 |3Electronic version(s) available. |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ushmm/detail.action?docID=5405935 |zHosted by ProQuest 852 0 |bscstacks |hD743.23 |i.A45 2018 852 |bebook