The War Body on Screen

by Sean Redmond

The discussion of the war body on screen is best served by drawing upon multiple and diverging view points, differing academic backgrounds and methodological approaches. A multi-disciplinary approach is essential in order to capture and interpret the complexity of the war body on screen and its many manifestations.  In this collection, contributors utilize textual analysis, psychoanalysis, post-colonialism, comparative analysis, narrative theory, discourse analysis, representation and identity as their theoretical footprints. Analysis of the impact of new media and information technologies on the construction and transmission of war bodies is also been addressed.

The War Body on Screen has a highly original structure, with themed sections organized around ‘the body of the soldier'; ‘the body of the terrorist'; and ‘the body of the hostage'.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 21, 2007

Reviews

[Zohra Sakwall · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a surprisingly short read and deeply invested in the use and abuse of the body in the media during and post 9/11. This collection of essays is mainly concerned with the subject of the body in crisis (war, torture, terror, etc) and on screen. There is a lot here: the relationship between the body on screen and the spectator's body, video and photographic representations of the hostage body and its nationalistic associations. Most fascinating, for me, is the argument that the screen is a carnal medium that feels and can be touched. This one is definitely for the bookshelf, cause you will want to return to it.