Destructive Sublime: World War II in American Film and Media

by Tanine Allison

Book Overview

The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the "good war," fought by the "greatest generation" for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spectacular violence. Combat sequences, Tanine Allison argues, construct a counter-narrative of World War II by reminding viewers of the war's harsh brutality.

Destructive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081359748X
• ISBN13: 9780813597485
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 9.2"