Mediating War and Identity: Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation

Lisa Purse; Ute Wölfel

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2020

Mediating War and Identity

Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation

Lisa Purse and Ute Wölfel

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474446280

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Examines the processes of conceptualising the self through ambivalent figures like traitors in representations of war

Offers a genealogy of figures of transgression, and proposes the functions to which such figures are put in the cultural debate about war and its consequences
Case studies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, examining different types of cultural representation
Pushes forward understanding of specific forms and circumstances of transgression, but also the variety of figures of transgression that can be manifest in cultural representation
Extends understanding of how figures of transgression are situated in Western visual and media culture, and to what ends

In state and public discussion about war and conflict, figures of transgression such as deserters, pacifist and emigrants are often marginalised, but they also play a key role in rethinking cultural and national identity in the wake of military violence. Raising questions of agency, responsibility and culpability in relation to the ‘other’, their cultural representation can enable reflection on and renegotiation of values and collective norms after the destabilisation of war.

Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction of these transgressive figures in a variety of visual media, as well as the narrative, socio-cultural, political and historical contexts in which they emerge.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Notes on the Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	x
CHAPTER 1 Introduction Lisa Purse and Ute Wölfel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 2 Momentary Rupture? Dawn (1928) and the Transgressive Potential of the Edith Cavell Case Claudia Sternberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
CHAPTER 3 ‘An act of wilful defiance’: Objection, Protest and Rebellion in the Imperial War Museum’s First World War Galleries Rebecca Clare Dolgoy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
CHAPTER 4 Figures of Transgression in Representations of the First World War on British Television Emma Hanna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
CHAPTER 5 The End of Transgression: Fritz Bauer as Traitor on the German Screen Ute Wölfel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
CHAPTER 6 ‘Just another Kraut’? The Wehrmacht Traitor as ‘Good German’ in Hollywood’s Decision before Dawn (1951) Patrick Major Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
CHAPTER 7 Religious Pacifism and the Hollywood War Film: From Sergeant York (1941) to Hacksaw Ridge (2017) Guy Westwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER 8 Military Masculinity and the Deserting Soldier in Stop-Loss (2008) Thomas Ærvold Bjerre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CHAPTER 9 Activist, Mother, Filmmaker: Competing Transgressions in the Syrian War Documentary Lisa Purse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
CHAPTER 10 Marie Colvin – The War Hero and the ‘Nasty Woman’ Agnieszka Piotrowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Other: 27 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474446280