Martin Barker was a British scholar of media and cultural studies. He was Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth University. Over the course of his career he has written or co-edited fifteen books, including A 'Toxic Genre' and From Antz to Titanic. He was known for being one of the pioneers behind the concept of cultural racism, which he termed 'new racism'.

• Acknowledgements1. The disappearing Iraq war films2. No True Glory: the film that never was3. Constructing an ‘Iraq war experience’4. From Doughboys to Grunts: the ‘American soldier’5. Understanding film ‘failures’6. Bringing the war home7. Explaining the Iraq war8. Producing a ‘toxic genre’9. Free-riders and outliers10. Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes11. The Hurt Locker and beyond NotesBibliographyIndex

'A critical, multidimensional analysis of how film culture deals with war and politics. Clearly written, broadly informed, and engagingly insightful'

Martin Barker was a British scholar of media and cultural studies. He was Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth University. Over the course of his career he has written or co-edited fifteen books, including A 'Toxic Genre' and From Antz to Titanic. He was known for being one of the pioneers behind the concept of cultural racism, which he termed 'new racism'.

• Acknowledgements1. The disappearing Iraq war films2. No True Glory: the film that never was3. Constructing an ‘Iraq war experience’4. From Doughboys to Grunts: the ‘American soldier’5. Understanding film ‘failures’6. Bringing the war home7. Explaining the Iraq war8. Producing a ‘toxic genre’9. Free-riders and outliers10. Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes11. The Hurt Locker and beyond NotesBibliographyIndex

'A critical, multidimensional analysis of how film culture deals with war and politics. Clearly written, broadly informed, and engagingly insightful'

Martin Barker was a British scholar of media and cultural studies. He was Emeritus Professor at Aberystwyth University. Over the course of his career he has written or co-edited fifteen books, including A 'Toxic Genre' and From Antz to Titanic. He was known for being one of the pioneers behind the concept of cultural racism, which he termed 'new racism'.

• Acknowledgements1. The disappearing Iraq war films2. No True Glory: the film that never was3. Constructing an ‘Iraq war experience’4. From Doughboys to Grunts: the ‘American soldier’5. Understanding film ‘failures’6. Bringing the war home7. Explaining the Iraq war8. Producing a ‘toxic genre’9. Free-riders and outliers10. Latino grunts: the new victim-heroes11. The Hurt Locker and beyond NotesBibliographyIndex

'A critical, multidimensional analysis of how film culture deals with war and politics. Clearly written, broadly informed, and engagingly insightful'