{"product_id":"invisible-war-the-culture-of-war-in-twentyfirstcentury-america-war-culture-series-9780813585376","title":"InVisible War The Culture of War in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn\/Visible War\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The editors examine how the contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous and utterly present in public, popular culture, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn\/Visible War \u003c\/i\u003eis a timely and stimulating collection that offers a fresh and provocative insight into the impact of the 'global war on terror' on American culture and politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e    -- John Bodnar * author of The Good War in American Memory *\u003cbr\u003e\"Can a war be hidden in plain sight? Every day. This thoughtful volume explores how contemporary media are normalizing war, and why the paradoxes of war’s invisibility challenge civic spectatorship.\" -- Robert Hariman * co-author of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy *\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative.\" * H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIn\/Visible War: the Culture of War in Twenty-First-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing read about images of war and also how we really do not have a clue as to what these men and women in uniform go through on a day-to-day basis. A picture can make us see, but we can never know the 'truth.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journalism \u0026amp; Mass Communication Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Paradoxical In\/visibility of War\u003cbr\u003e John Louis Lucaites and Jon Simons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Seeing War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: How Photojournalism Has Framed the War in Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003e David Campbell    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Returning Soldiers and the In\/visibility of Combat Trauma\u003cbr\u003e Christopher J. Gilbert and John Louis Lucaites    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: (Re)fashioning PTSD’s Warrior Project\u003cbr\u003e Jeremy G. Gordon    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Unremarkable Suffering: Banality, Spectatorship, and War’s In\/visibilities\u003cbr\u003e Rebecca A. Adelman and Wendy Kozol\u003cbr\u003e Transition\u003cbr\u003e “War Is Fun,” a Photo-Essay\u003cbr\u003e Nina Berman    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Laying bin Laden to Rest: A Case Study of Terrorism and the Politics of Visibility\u003cbr\u003e Jody Madeira    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Not Seeing War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Digital War and the Public Mind: Call of Duty Reloaded, Decoded\u003cbr\u003e Roger Stahl    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: A Cinema of Consolation: Post-9\/11 Super Invasion Fantasy\u003cbr\u003e De Witt Douglas Kilgore    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Differential Configurations: In\/visibility through the Lens of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008)\u003cbr\u003e Claudia Breger    \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Canine Rescue, Civilian Casualties, and the Long Gulf War\u003cbr\u003e Purnima Bose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III: Theorizing the In\/visibility of War\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: The In\/visibility of Liberal Peace: Perpetual Peace and Enduring Freedom\u003cbr\u003e Jon Simons\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Why War? Baudrillard, Derrida, and the Absolute Televisual Image\u003cbr\u003e Diane Rubenstein\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: War in the Twenty-first Century: Visible, Invisible, or Superpositional?\u003cbr\u003e James Der Derian    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Photo Credits\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405791863127,"sku":"9780813585376","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813585376.jpg?v=1730493633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/invisible-war-the-culture-of-war-in-twentyfirstcentury-america-war-culture-series-9780813585376","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}