{"product_id":"the-hollywood-war-film-critical-observations-from-world-war-i-to-iraq-9781783207541","title":"The Hollywood War Film: Critical Observations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering selected films representing three periods in history – World Wars I and II and their interim, the Vietnam War, and the major conflicts in the Middle East – \u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood War Film\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on Hollywood’s representations of war and conflict, in order to map some cinematic discourses therein. This results in an understanding of the Hollywood genre not just as a categorising tool, but rather as a dynamic, inscriptive, iterative cultural phenomenon. Broadly, the thesis of the book is twofold: Firstly, that there are commonalities in Hollywood films representing distinct conflicts and eras, and that recent war films more closely echo early war films in terms of their nationalistic and idealistic perspectives. Secondly, the work proposes a reconfiguring of genre as less concrete and classificatory, and more dynamic and iterative. In doing so, \u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood War Film\u003c\/em\u003e analyses some of the most important war films from the past century, including \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/em\u003e (1930), \u003cem\u003eFull Metal Jacket\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) and \u003cem\u003eThe Hurt Locker\u003c\/em\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Binns is a lecturer in media studies at Melbourne’s RMIT University. He also\u003cbr\u003e works as a writer, producer, and consultant for film productions. His monograph on the Hollywood war film is not the first book on this subject or even the first with this title, but he brings a more theoretically-informed and less historicist approach to bear on the topic than previous scholars. He draws thoughtfully on the best and best-known works on the topic, including those by Paul Virilio, Jeanine Basinger, and Robert Eberwein. Over the course of an introduction and four chapters, he works to elicit a new understanding of the war film genre and, in the process, of generic formation more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Pearl James, University of Kentucky, Film \u0026amp; History: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 48.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The issues and the framework of the study are clearly defined by the author as well as the comings and goings between the theories and films, which are articulated in a clear and legitimate way and contribute to the great interest of this book for those who are interested in the war movie genre.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Alexandra Boudet-Brugal, Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Genre analysis, as Robert Stam warned, is always in danger of narrowness, normativism, monolithic definitions and biologism. Daniel Binns’ The Hollywood War Film has avoided such pitfalls by offering a reading of the genre that captures its shifting nature across time and forms, starting with the grand narratives of Hollywood to more recent video games... The Hollywood War Film is a significant contribution to the study of cinematic genres and will appeal to both specialists in the field of film studies and students.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Iqbal Barkat, Macquarie University, Global Media Journal: Australian Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements and Dedication\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: War and Cinema\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: For Glory: World Wars I and II\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Fear and Frustration: Korea and Vietnam\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Live from the Front Line: Conflict in the Middle East\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Extended Discourse: Cross-Platform War\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Cycles of Violence, Repeat Performances\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042266906967,"sku":"9781783207541","price":34.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783207541.jpg?v=1750953695","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-hollywood-war-film-critical-observations-from-world-war-i-to-iraq-9781783207541","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}