A 'Toxic Genre': The Iraq War Films

by Martin Barker

Book Overview

Over the last five years, a cycle of films has emerged addressing the ongoing Iraq conflict. Some became well-known and one of them, The Hurt Locker, won a string of Oscars. But many others disappeared into obscurity. What is it about these films that led Variety to dub them a 'toxic genre'?

Martin Barker analyses the production and reception of these recent Iraq war films. Among the issues he examines are the borrowing of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745331300
• ISBN13: 9780745331300
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.5"