Mediating war and identity: figures of transgression in 20th- and 21st-century war representation

Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction of figures of transgression (e.g. traitors, deserters, refugees) in a variety of visual media, as well as the narrative, socio-cultural, political and historical contexts in which they emerge

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Main Authors: Purse, Lisa (Author), Wölfel, Ute (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2020
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Online Access:UBY01
Summary:Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction of figures of transgression (e.g. traitors, deserters, refugees) in a variety of visual media, as well as the narrative, socio-cultural, political and historical contexts in which they emerge
Intro -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Momentary Rupture? Dawn (1928) and the Transgressive Potential of the Edith Cavell Case -- 3 'An act of wilful defiance': Objection, Protest and Rebellion in the Imperial War Museum's First World War Galleries -- 4 Figures of Transgression in Representations of the First World War on British Television -- 5 The End of Transgression: Fritz Bauer as Traitor on the German Screen -- 6 'Just another Kraut'? The Wehrmacht Traitor as 'Good German' in Hollywood's Decision before Dawn (1951) -- 7 Religious Pacifism and the Hollywood War Film: From Sergeant York (1941) to Hacksaw Ridge (2017) -- 8 Military Masculinity and the Deserting Soldier in Stop-Loss (2008) -- 9 Activist, Mother, Filmmaker: Competing Transgressions in the Syrian War Documentary -- 10 Marie Colvin - The War Hero and the 'Nasty Woman' -- Index
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781474446280

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