In/visible War - The Culture of War in Twenty-first-Century America (Paperback)

In/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that "America" is at war. This paradox of in/visibility concerns the gap between the experiences of war zones and the visual, mediated experience of war in public, popular culture, which absents and renders invisible the former. Large portions of the domestic public experience war only at a distance. For these citizens, war seems abstract, or may even seem to have disappeared altogether due to a relative absence of visual images of casualties. Perhaps even more significantly, wars can be fought without sacrifice by the vast majority of Americans. Yet, the normalization of twenty-first century war also renders it highly visible. War is made visible through popular, commercial, mediated culture. The spectacle of war occupies the contemporary public sphere in the forms of celebrations at athletic events and in films, video games, and other media, coming together as MIME, the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	War Culture
Release date:	June 2017
Editors:	Jon Simons • John Louis Lucaites
Authors:	Nina Berman
Contributors:	John Louis Lucaites • Jon Simons • David Campbell • Christopher J Gilbert • Jeremy G Gordon • Rebecca A. Adelman • Wendy Kozol
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-0-8135-8537-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Special kinds of photography > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-8135-8537-6
Barcode:	9780813585376

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