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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Home/Fronts: Contemporary War in British Literature, Drama, and Film

Home/Fronts: Contemporary War in British Literature, Drama, and Film

Wierzoch, Janina

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Literary CriticismGeneral SociologyTheater History

ISBN10: 3837651878
ISBN13: 9783837651874
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: Jul 15 2020
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In recent years, the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have had an impact on the UK rivalled only by Brexit and the global financial crisis. For people at home, the wars were ever-present in the media yet remained distant and difficult to apprehend. Janina Wierzoch offers an analytical survey of British contemporary war narratives in novels, drama, film, and television that seek to make sense of the experience. The study shows how the narratives, instead of reflecting on the UK s role as invader, portray war as invading the British home. Home loses its post-Cold War sense of permanent peace and is recast as a home/front where war once again becomes part of what it means to be us .

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