War Games

List of contents

Contents

Introduction

1. Live

Tabletop Games¿

Gaming in Miniature

Combat and Contact Sports

Military Maneuvers

Recreational Reenactments

2. On Screen

Authentic Violence and the World War Two Combat Reports

Saving Private Ryan and the Reenactment of the Real

Vietnam on Big Screens and Small

Somatic War in the Twenty-First Century

3. Interactive

Flight Simulation and the Technologies of Preemption

The Military-Entertainment Complex

First-Person Shooters

Realism in Videogames

Back to the Battleground

Acknowledgements

Further Reading

Works Cited

Index
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About the author

JONNA EAGLE is an associate professor of film and media in the department of American studies at the University of Hawai'i at M¿noa. She is the author of Imperial Affects: Sensational Melodrama and the Attractions of American Cinema (Rutgers University Press, 2017).

 

Summary

As simulations of war become more integrated into both popular culture and military practice, how do they shape our apprehension of the traumatic realities of warfare? War Games is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the militarization of American culture, offering a comprehensive look at how we play with images of war.

Product details

• Authors: Jonna Eagle
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2019
• EAN: 9780813598925
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-9892-5
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Quick Takes: Movies and Popula; Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT