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245 00 a| War isn't hell, it's entertainment :b| essays on visual media and the representation of conflict /c| edited by Rikke Schubart [and others].;

300 a| vi, 283 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 a| "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.;

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War isn't hell, it's entertainment : essays on visual media and the representation of conflict / edited by Rikke Schubart [and others].

Other author	Schubart, Rikke.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2009.
Description	vi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Mass media and war. War in mass media. War and society--United States. Popular culture--United States.

Contents	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: MAS*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.
Abstract	"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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009001465
ISBN	9780786435586 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0786435585 (softcover : alk. paper)

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