商品簡介
This collection of ten essays on war and society examines the cultural reverberations of the Iraq War from several popular media perspectives. Articles address a variety of subjects including the normalization of the language of fear, believable lies in mass media, echoes of neoliberalism in the events at Abu Ghraib, war and video games, Iraqi subjects in American war documentaries and Tony Lagouranis' torture narrative. Contributors are writers and academics in the fields of media studies and popular culture, film studies, communications and sociology from a variety of institutions around the world. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Cynthia Fuchs is Director of Film & Media Studies at George Mason University, as well as Associate Professor of English, African & African American Studies, and Film & Video Studies, with a focus on documentary. She is Film-TV Editor at PopMatters.com.
Joe Lochard is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University. He teaches American literature and specializes in the literature of U.S. slavery. He directs the Antislavery Literature Project.
