Tatiana Prorokova

Docu-Fictions of War

U.S. Interventionism in Film and Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Docu-Fictions of War examines contemporary cinematic and literary texts that, contrary to their designation, are not pure fiction but rather 'docu-fictions'--works of imagination that document their subjects while disclosing the social, political, and historical link between war and culture during the last three decades"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9781496207746
• ISBN-10: 1496207742
• Artikelnr.: 54619393

Autorenporträt

Tatiana Prorokova is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna. She is a coeditor of Cultures of War in Graphic Novels: Violence, Trauma, and Memory.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments    
Introduction: U.S. Interventions in Film and Literature    
1. Conceptualizing (War) Docu-Fictions    
2. The First Gulf War    
3. The Balkan War    
4. The War on Terror, Part I: The Afghanistan War    
5. The War on Terror, Part II: The Iraq War    
Conclusion: Afterthoughts on War Docu-Fictions and New Trends in U.S. War
Narratives    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index