Eberwein The Hollywood War Film

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1507-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Approaches to Film Genre

The Hollywood War Film offers readers a livelyintroduction to the theory, history, stars, and major filmsconstituting this vital genre, from Hollywood's earliest daysto the current moment
* Combines broad historical and theoretical coverage of the genrewith in-depth analysis of specific films
* Includes chapters on All Quiet on the Western Front,World War II combat films, Platoon and Full MetalJacket, Eastwood's Iwo Jima films, and Iraq warfilms
* An ideal text for perennially popular courses on the war filmgenre

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eberwein, Robert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. Historical Overview.
2. Critical Issues.
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).
4. Destination Tokyo (1943) and RetaliationFilms.
5. Platoon (1986) and Full Metal Jacket(1987).
6. Glory (1989).
7. The Iraq Wars on Film.
8. Iwo Jima.
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Eberwein is Distinguished Professor of English at Oakland University. His publications include Armed Forces: Masculinity and Sexuality in the American War Film (2007), The War Film (2004).