The alienated war veteran in film and literature /
"The veterans' culture in postwar eras, World War I to present, is examined in this book, with specific attention to the historic events of each era as they influence veterans, and the literature and movies produced about veterans and by veterans, detailing what is common and expected with...
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Jefferson, North Carolina ; London :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Kurosawa's masterless samurai and the modern war veteran
- Films featuring veterans of the wars on terror
- The war veteran in a dark time
- The Vietnam war veteran as America's shadow
- The odyssean man
- The creature and the child: postwar adjustment through relationships
- Psychological trauma and creativity
- Movies and the alienation of war veterans
- Movies reviewed
- Postscript.