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Author McSweeney, Terence, 1974- author.

Title The 'war on terror' and American film : 9/11 frames per second / Terence McSweeney.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Traditions in American cinema
Traditions in American cinema.
Contents Lives of others : vulnerability in post-9/11 American cinema -- Boots on the ground : the new millennial combat film as cultural artefact -- 'Masters of our own security' : redemption through violence in the post-9/11 action genre -- Turning to the dark side : challenging American mythology in the superhero genre -- Remaking 9/11 : imagining the unimaginable in the alien-invasion film -- Decade of the dead : zombie films as allegory of national trauma -- Rise and fall of empires : the 'war on terror' as allegorical moment in historical film.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-230) and index.
Includes filmography: pages 231-237.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Terrorism in motion pictures.
Terrorism in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Motion pictures.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
2000-2099
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: McSweeney, Terence, 1974- War on terror' and American film. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] 9780748693092 (DLC) 2014501262 (OCoLC)883651691
ISBN 9780748693108 electronic book
0748693106 electronic book
9780748693092
0748693092