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Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World
War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the
trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home
front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining
seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War.
Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World
War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the
trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home
front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining
seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War.
New Perspectives on the War Film addresses the gap in the
representation of many forgotten faces of war in mainstream movies
and global mass media. The authors concentrate on the untold
narratives of those who fought in combat and were affected by its
brutal consequences. Chapters discuss the historically
under-represented stories of individuals including women,
African-American and Indigenous Soldiers. Issues of homosexuality
and gender relations in the military, colonial subjects and child
soldiers, as well as the changing nature of war via terrorism and
bioterrorism are closely analyzed. The contributors demonstrate how
these viewpoints have been consistently ignored in mainstream,
blockbuster war sagas and strive to re-integrate these lost
perspectives into current and future narratives.
New Perspectives on the War Film addresses the gap in the
representation of many forgotten faces of war in mainstream movies
and global mass media. The authors concentrate on the untold
narratives of those who fought in combat and were affected by its
brutal consequences. Chapters discuss the historically
under-represented stories of individuals including women,
African-American and Indigenous Soldiers. Issues of homosexuality
and gender relations in the military, colonial subjects and child
soldiers, as well as the changing nature of war via terrorism and
bioterrorism are closely analyzed. The contributors demonstrate how
these viewpoints have been consistently ignored in mainstream,
blockbuster war sagas and strive to re-integrate these lost
perspectives into current and future narratives.
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