Destructive Sublime: World War II in American Film and Media
(Part of the War Culture Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:081359748X
ISBN13:9780813597485
Release Date:June 2018
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Length:250 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.7" x 9.2"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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