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Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, "The Hurt Locker," won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led "Variety" to dub them a 'toxic genre'?
Martin Barker analyses the production and reception of these recent Iraq war films. Among the issues he examines are the borrowing of soldiers YouTube styles of self-representation to generate an authentic Iraq experience, and how they take refuge in apolitical post-traumatic stress disorder....

Between 1949 and 1955 Britain was swept by a rising tide of panic about -American-style- or -horror- comics. The British press cried out in alarm: -Now Ban This Filth That Poisons Our Children, - -Drive Out the Horror Comics.- As one frenzied columnist protested: -I feel as though I have been trudging through a sewer. Here is a terrible twilight zone between sanity and madness . . . peopled by monsters, grave robbers, human flesh eaters.- A campaign against ghoulish comic books climaxed in an Act of Parliament making it illegal to publish or sell any material in comic form deemed to be...

The study of audience relations with star / celebrity culture has often been marginalised in Star/Celebrity Studies. This book brings together new research which explores a range of audience encounters with celebrities, moving across social media, royal weddings, national identity to questions of age, gender and class. In doing so, the essays illuminate the complex and negotiated nature of audience investments in celebrity culture, collectively questioning the often simplistic and dismissive judgements that are made about audience/ celebrity relationships in this regard. The book provides...

How are the best athletes in the world able to function under the immense pressure of competition? By harnessing the potential of their minds to train smart, stay committed, focus, and deliver winning performances with body and mind when the time is right.

The mental side of performance has always been a crucial component for success - but nowadays coaches, teams, and athletes of all levels and abilities are using sport psychology to help fulfil their potential and serve up success.

It goes without saying that business performance has many parallels with sporting performance. But did...