From Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" to the depiction of Nazis in the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to other various literature, comic books, video games, television programs, and pop music, Nazism has maintained a constant presence in popular culture after World War II. Why are representations of Nazism--which are often used to depict the ultimate expression of human evil--so entrenched in our culture?
Each chapter in this book examines this multifaceted topic from different angles, highlighting the different incidences of Nazistic representations in the post-1945 period. The...
From Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" to the depiction of Nazis in the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to other various literature, comic books, vi...
This exciting new collection examines the relationships between warfare, myths, and fairy tales, and explores the connections and contradictions between the narratives of war and magic that dominate the ways in which people live and have lived, survived, considered and described their world. Presenting original contributions and critical reflections that explore fairy tales, fantasy and wars, be they "real" or imagined, past or present, this book looks at creative works in popular culture, stories of resistance, the history and representation of global and local conflicts, the Holocaust,...
This exciting new collection examines the relationships between warfare, myths, and fairy tales, and explores the connections and contradictions betwe...
