Mediating War and Identity
Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation
Published on 25. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-1-4744-4627-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
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. -- Robert Burgoyne, author of The Hollywood Historical FilmMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
30 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-4627-3 (9781474446273)
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Lisa Purse | Ute Wolfel
Mediating War and Identity
Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation
E-Book
11/2020
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€21.49
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Persons
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
Content
List of figures
Notes on the Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Lisa Purse and Ute Woelfel
2. Momentary Rupture? Dawn (1928) and the Transgressive Potential of the Edith Cavell Case
Claudia Sternberg
3. 'An act of wilful defiance': Objection, Rebellion, and Protest in the Imperial War Museum's First World War Galleries
Rebecca Clare Dolgoy
4. Figures of Transgression in Representations of the First World War on British Television
Emma Hanna
5. The End of Transgression: Fritz Bauer as Traitor on the German Screen
Ute Woelfel
6. 'Just another Kraut'?: The Wehrmacht Traitor as 'Good German' in Hollywood's Decision before Dawn (1951)
Patrick Major
7. Religious pacifism and the Hollywood war film: from Sergeant York (1941) to Hacksaw Ridge (2017)
Guy Westwell
8. Military Masculinity and the Deserting Soldier in Stop-Loss (2008)
Thomas AErvold Bjerre
9. Activist, mother, filmmaker: competing transgressions in the Syrian war documentary
Lisa Purse
10. Marie Colvin - the war hero and the 'nasty woman'
Agnieszka Piotrowska
Index
Notes on the Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Lisa Purse and Ute Woelfel
2. Momentary Rupture? Dawn (1928) and the Transgressive Potential of the Edith Cavell Case
Claudia Sternberg
3. 'An act of wilful defiance': Objection, Rebellion, and Protest in the Imperial War Museum's First World War Galleries
Rebecca Clare Dolgoy
4. Figures of Transgression in Representations of the First World War on British Television
Emma Hanna
5. The End of Transgression: Fritz Bauer as Traitor on the German Screen
Ute Woelfel
6. 'Just another Kraut'?: The Wehrmacht Traitor as 'Good German' in Hollywood's Decision before Dawn (1951)
Patrick Major
7. Religious pacifism and the Hollywood war film: from Sergeant York (1941) to Hacksaw Ridge (2017)
Guy Westwell
8. Military Masculinity and the Deserting Soldier in Stop-Loss (2008)
Thomas AErvold Bjerre
9. Activist, mother, filmmaker: competing transgressions in the Syrian war documentary
Lisa Purse
10. Marie Colvin - the war hero and the 'nasty woman'
Agnieszka Piotrowska
Index