War Isn't Hell, It's Entertainment: Essays on Visual Media and the Representation of Conflict

ISBN-13: 9780786435586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 290 str.

Rikke Schubart; Fabian Virchow; Debra White-Stanley

Opis

This study examines how war is used as an imaginary site to stage dramas; how boundaries between war, media, and entertainment dissolve as new media alters the qualities of representation; how entertainment is used to engage audiences; and what effect products of war and entertainment have on consumers of popular culture.