War Isn't Hell, It's Entertainment

Rikke Schubart is director of studies and associate professor of literature, media and cultural studies at the University of Southern Denmark. Fabian Virchow holds an interim professorship at the Center for Conflict Studies at Philipps University, Germany. Debra White-Stanley is an assistant professor of film studies at Indiana University and Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tanja Thomas is a professor of communication studies and media studies at The University of Lueneburg, Germany.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction (Rikke Schubart)      Part One. The Public War Body1. War Porn: Spectacle and Seduction in Contemporary American War Memorials(Erika Doss)      2. Sporting Aces and the Military: Performance, Discipline, and Nationalism in the Fields of Honor(Fabian Virchow)      3. The Camera at War: When Soldiers Become War Photographers(Mette Mortensen)      4. Getting the Story Right: Myth, Meaning, and Gendered War Mythology in the Case of Jessica Lynch(Rikke Schubart)      5. Celebrities and 9/11: “A Simple Show of Unity”(Sue Collins)      Part Two. War and Entertainment6. Gender Management, Popular Culture, and the Military(Tanja Thomas)      7. “Tell Me That Wasn’t Fun”: Watching the Battle Scenes in Master and Commander with a Smile on Your Face(Anne Gjelsvik)      8. Comic Situations/Endless War: M*A*S*H and War as Entertainment(Yvonne Tasker)      9. Lavishing the Body Politic: The Manchurian Candidate(Debra White-Stanley)      10. Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Image and Reality(Lawrence H. Suid)      Part Three. Playing at War11. The Authentic Illusion: Twentieth Century War Reenactors and the Ownership of History(Jenny Thompson)      12. Digital War Games and Post 9/11 Geographies of Militarism(Marcus Power)      13. The Political Battlefield of Pro-Arab Video Games on Palestinian Screens(Helga Tawil-Souri)      14. Manufacturing Militainment: Video Game Producers and Military Brand Games(Matthew Thomas Payne)      15. War/Games: The Art of Rules and Strategies(Bo Kampmann Walther)      Abbreviations, Acronyms and Terms      About the Contributors      Index

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