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A 'Toxic Genre' : The Iraq War Films, Hardback Book

A 'Toxic Genre' : The Iraq War Films Hardback

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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 soldiers' YouTube styles of self-representation to generate an 'authentic' Iraq experience, and how they take refuge in 'apolitical' post-traumatic stress disorder.

Barker also looks afresh at some classic issues in film theory: the problems of accounting for film 'failures', the shaping role of production systems, the significance of genre-naming and the impact of that 'toxic' label. A 'Toxic Genre' is fascinating reading for film studies students and anyone interested in cinema's portrayal of modern warfare.

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