Combat Death in Contemporary American Culture: Popular Cultural Conceptions of War since World War II

by Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet

Book Overview

This book examines the portrayal of combat and military death in American popular culture, from the flag-raising on Iwo Jima to the war in Iraq, to show how the genres of melodrama, adventure, and horror shape the way Americans feel about war and its core realities of killing and dying.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793634971
• ISBN13: 9781793634979
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"