The war film /
The war film /
edited and with an introduction by Robert Eberwein.
- New Brunswick ; New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
- viii, 236 p. : ill. b&w ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Genre -- The Greatness and Significance of All Quiet on the Western Front / The World War II Combat Film: Definition / Auteurism and War-teurism: Terrence Malick's War Movie / Race -- Race and Nation in Glory / Home of the Brave / Represented in the Margins: Images of African American Soldiers in Vietnam War Combat Films / Gender -- Masculinity on the Front: John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage (1951) Revisited / The Reagan Hero: Rambo / Do We Get to Lose This Time? Revising the Vietnam War Film / Soldiers' Stories: Women and Military Masculinities in Courage Under Fire / History -- Rehearsing Feminism: Women/History in The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter and Swing Shift / Saving Private Ryan and American Triumphalism / The New War Movies as Moral Rearmament: Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers / Robert Eberwein -- Alfred Kelly -- Jeanine Basinger -- Dana Polan -- Robert Burgoyne -- Michael Rogin -- Brian J. Woodman -- Guerric Debona -- Susan Jeffords -- Tania Modleski -- Yvonne Taske -- Mimi White -- Albert Auster -- Thomas Doherty. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. Pt. 3. Pt. 4.
War has had a powerful impact on the film industry. But it is not only wars that affect films; films influence war-time behavior and incisively shape the way we think about the battles that have been waged.
In The War Film, Robert Eberwein brings together essays by scholars using a variety of critical approaches to explore this enduringly popular film genre. Contributors examine the narrative and aesthetic elements of war films from four perspectives: consideration of generic conventions in works such as All Quiet on the Western Front, Bataan, and The Thin Red Line; treatment of race in various war films, including Glory, Home of the Brave, Platoon, and Hamburger Hill; aspects of gender, masculinity and feminism in The Red Badge of Courage, Rambo, Dogfight, and Courage under Fire; and analysis of the impact of contemporary history on the production and reception of films such as The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, Saving Private Ryan, and We Were Soldiers.
Drawing attention to the dynamic interrelationships among politics, nationalism, history, gender, and film, this comprehensive anthology is bound to become a classroom favorite.
9780813534978
War films--History and criticism
791.43658
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Genre -- The Greatness and Significance of All Quiet on the Western Front / The World War II Combat Film: Definition / Auteurism and War-teurism: Terrence Malick's War Movie / Race -- Race and Nation in Glory / Home of the Brave / Represented in the Margins: Images of African American Soldiers in Vietnam War Combat Films / Gender -- Masculinity on the Front: John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage (1951) Revisited / The Reagan Hero: Rambo / Do We Get to Lose This Time? Revising the Vietnam War Film / Soldiers' Stories: Women and Military Masculinities in Courage Under Fire / History -- Rehearsing Feminism: Women/History in The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter and Swing Shift / Saving Private Ryan and American Triumphalism / The New War Movies as Moral Rearmament: Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers / Robert Eberwein -- Alfred Kelly -- Jeanine Basinger -- Dana Polan -- Robert Burgoyne -- Michael Rogin -- Brian J. Woodman -- Guerric Debona -- Susan Jeffords -- Tania Modleski -- Yvonne Taske -- Mimi White -- Albert Auster -- Thomas Doherty. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. Pt. 3. Pt. 4.
War has had a powerful impact on the film industry. But it is not only wars that affect films; films influence war-time behavior and incisively shape the way we think about the battles that have been waged.
In The War Film, Robert Eberwein brings together essays by scholars using a variety of critical approaches to explore this enduringly popular film genre. Contributors examine the narrative and aesthetic elements of war films from four perspectives: consideration of generic conventions in works such as All Quiet on the Western Front, Bataan, and The Thin Red Line; treatment of race in various war films, including Glory, Home of the Brave, Platoon, and Hamburger Hill; aspects of gender, masculinity and feminism in The Red Badge of Courage, Rambo, Dogfight, and Courage under Fire; and analysis of the impact of contemporary history on the production and reception of films such as The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, Saving Private Ryan, and We Were Soldiers.
Drawing attention to the dynamic interrelationships among politics, nationalism, history, gender, and film, this comprehensive anthology is bound to become a classroom favorite.
9780813534978
War films--History and criticism
791.43658