A "toxic genre" : the Iraq War films /

A "toxic genre" : the Iraq War films /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Barker, Martin, 1946-
Imprint:	London : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 192 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Mass media and the war. War films -- History and criticism. Film criticism. Motion pictures -- Aesthetics. Film criticism. Mass media and war. Motion pictures -- Aesthetics. War films. Iraq. Electronic book. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403636

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ISBN:	9781849645973 1849645973 9780745331300 0745331300 9780745331294 0745331297
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Analyses the production and reception of recent Iraq war films, asking why they have become known as a 'Toxic Genre'.
Other form:	Print version: Barker, Martin. 'Toxic genre'. London : Pluto Press, 2011 9780745331300

Table of Contents:

The disappearing Iraq War films
No true glory: the film that never was
Constructing an "Iraq War experience"
From doughboys to grunts: the "American soldier"
Understanding film "failures"
Bringing the war home
Explaining the Iraq War
Producing a "toxic genre"
Free-riders and outliers
Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes
The hurt locker and beyond.