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In state and public discussion about war and conflict, figures of transgression such as deserters, pacifist and emigrants are often marginalised, but they also play a key role in rethinking cultural and national identity in the wake of military violence. Raising questions of agency, responsibility and culpability in relation to the ‘other’, their cultural representation can enable reflection on and renegotiation of values and collective norms after the destabilisation of war.Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction of these transgressive figures in a variety of visual media, as well as the narrative, socio-cultural, political and historical contexts in which they emerge.
Dr Lisa Purse is Associate Professor in Film in the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading. Dr Ute Wolfel is Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Reading
List of figuresNotes on the ContributorsAcknowledgements1. IntroductionLisa Purse and Ute Wölfel 2. Momentary Rupture? Dawn (1928) and the Transgressive Potential of the Edith Cavell CaseClaudia Sternberg3. ‘An act of wilful defiance’: Objection, Rebellion, and Protest in the Imperial War Museum’s First World War GalleriesRebecca Clare Dolgoy4. Figures of Transgression in Representations of the First World War on British TelevisionEmma Hanna5. The End of Transgression: Fritz Bauer as Traitor on the German ScreenUte Wölfel6. ‘Just another Kraut’?: The Wehrmacht Traitor as ‘Good German’ in Hollywood’s Decision before Dawn (1951)Patrick Major7. Religious pacifism and the Hollywood war film: from Sergeant York (1941) to Hacksaw Ridge (2017)Guy Westwell8. Military Masculinity and the Deserting Soldier in Stop-Loss (2008)Thomas Ærvold Bjerre9. Activist, mother, filmmaker: competing transgressions in the Syrian war documentaryLisa Purse10. Marie Colvin – the war hero and the ‘nasty woman’Agnieszka PiotrowskaIndex
This remarkable study illuminates the cultural imaginary of war in a fundamentally new way. Exploring the deep veins of resistance within a narrative frame dominated by symbols of consensus, the authors offer a wholly original reading of one of the most consequential genres of 20 and 21st century life. Timely and important.
Christina Hellmich, Christina Hellmich, Lisa Purse, University of Reading) Hellmich, Christina (Associate Professor in IR & Middle East Studies, University of Reading) Purse, Lisa (Associate Professor in Film
Christina Hellmich, Lisa Purse, University of Reading) Hellmich, Christina (Associate Professor in IR & Middle East Studies, University of Reading) Purse, Lisa (Associate Professor in Film
Chris Holmlund, Lisa Purse, Yvonne Tasker, USA) Holmlund, Professor Emerita Chris (University of Tennessee, UK) Purse, Professor Lisa (University of Reading, UK) Tasker, Yvonne (University of Leeds
Chris Holmlund, Lisa Purse, Yvonne Tasker, USA) Holmlund, Professor Emerita Chris (University of Tennessee, UK) Purse, Professor Lisa (University of Reading, UK) Tasker, Yvonne (University of Leeds