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Home/Fronts : Contemporary War in British Literature, Drama, and Film / Janina Wierzoch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 226Publisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783839451878
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.9/35810905 23
LOC classification:
  • PR488.P65 W54 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contexts and State of Research -- 3. Theoretical Framework -- 4. Novel -- 5. Stage Plays -- 6. Film and Television -- 7. Conclusion: Fictional Home/Fronts in Contemporary Media -- Works Cited
Summary: In recent years, the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have had an impact on the UK rivalled only by Brexit and the global financial crisis. For people at home, the wars were ever-present in the media yet remained distant and difficult to apprehend. Janina Wierzoch offers an analytical survey of British contemporary war narratives in novels, drama, film, and television that seek to make sense of the experience. The study shows how the narratives, instead of reflecting on the UK`s role as invader, portray war as invading the British home. Home loses its post-Cold War sense of »permanent peace« and is recast as a home/front where war once again becomes part of what it means to be »us«.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contexts and State of Research -- 3. Theoretical Framework -- 4. Novel -- 5. Stage Plays -- 6. Film and Television -- 7. Conclusion: Fictional Home/Fronts in Contemporary Media -- Works Cited

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In recent years, the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have had an impact on the UK rivalled only by Brexit and the global financial crisis. For people at home, the wars were ever-present in the media yet remained distant and difficult to apprehend. Janina Wierzoch offers an analytical survey of British contemporary war narratives in novels, drama, film, and television that seek to make sense of the experience. The study shows how the narratives, instead of reflecting on the UK`s role as invader, portray war as invading the British home. Home loses its post-Cold War sense of »permanent peace« and is recast as a home/front where war once again becomes part of what it means to be »us«.

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In English.

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