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Iraq War Cultures

by Cynthia Fuchs (Volume editor) Joe Lockard (Volume editor)
©2011 Textbook XVI, 204 Pages

Summary

The Iraq war has produced profound changes within the United States, changes manifested by popular discontent with the war. On one hand, U.S. culture finds its own ideological reflection in the Iraq war; on the other hand, U.S. media repeatedly critique the social and political forces that produce the war. These multiple and contradictory assessments have been characterized by intensified imagery and narratives, an escalation that is in part a function of the new communications technologies used to generate them. This book examines the images and stories emerging from the Iraq war, from video games that retell its battles, the representations of Arab people in American film history, and U.S. war documentaries, to parody and memoir and photographs from Abu Ghraib.

Details

Pages
XVI, 204
Publication Year
2011
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433102899
ISBN (Softcover)
9781433102882
Language
English
Keywords
video games film history parody
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2011. XVI, 204 pp., 1 table

Biographical notes

Cynthia Fuchs (Volume editor) Joe Lockard (Volume editor)

Cynthia Fuchs is Director of Film & Media Studies at George Mason University, as well as Associate Professor of English, African & African American Studies, and Film & Video Studies, with a focus on documentary. She is Film-TV Editor at PopMatters.com. Joe Lochard is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University. He teaches American literature and specializes in the literature of U.S. slavery. He directs the Antislavery Literature Project.

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