Tatiana Prorokova

Docu-Fictions of War (eBook, PDF)

U.S. Interventionism in Film and Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Historical writing and fiction are not the same thing, though historians often creatively manipulate material in imposing plot structures, selecting starting and ending points, and fashioning compelling literary characters from historical figures. In Docu-Fictions of War, Tatiana Prorokova argues that the opposite is also true¿war fiction offers a kind of history that both documents its subjects and provides a snapshot of the cultural representation of the United States' most recent military involvements. She covers a largely neglected body of cinematic and literary texts about the First Gulf War, the Balkan War, the Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War to open a fresh analysis of cultural texts on war. Prorokova contends that these texts are not pure fiction, but "docu-fictions"¿works of imagination that can document their subjects while disclosing the social, political, and historical link between war and culture during the last three decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496214461
• Artikelnr.: 72419718

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