Nostalgia is not a singular phenomenon; it is multi-layered, diversely experienced and
variously exploited, as I demonstrate by briefly outlining the history of nostalgia, especially …

This paper explores the relationship between masculinity, the body and the military through
a close reading of the film Jarhead. Drawing on a Foucauldian frame of analysis, we …

Based on the premise that a societys sense of commonality depends upon media practices
of political communitarization, this study examines how Hollywood was deployed during the …

Amidst the ruins of postwar Europe, and just as the Cold War dawned, many new memorials
were dedicated to those Americans who had fought and fallen for freedom. Some of these …

In the age of music streaming, the physicality of vinyl has never been so appealing. While
studies have focused on the medium itself and the record store as a static site of …

Drawing on Debord's the society of the spectacle and Evans and Giroux's notion of the
spectacle of violence, this paper argues that a discourse on war, organised violence, and …

This paper addresses processes of subjection and abjection as expressed in organizational
and collective memory. It complements recent developments in organizational memory …

Film Style and the World War II Combat Genre is a detailed examination of the stylistic
means by which filmmakers depict stories of combat. The work furthers contemporary …

This paper examines aspects of violent, traumatic terrorist video propaganda produced by
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) within the theoretical confines of abjection and the …

Based on the premise that a society's sense of commonality depends upon media practices,
this study examines how Hollywood responded to the crisis of democracy during the Second …