[ecrea] New book on media, memory and war

AMERICAN MEDIA AND THE MEMORY OF WORLD WAR II by Debra Ramsay
For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone 
for the understanding of conflict and of America’s role in global 
affairs. But if World War II helped shape the perception of war for 
Americans, American media in turn shape the understanding and memory of 
World War II. Concentrating on key popular films, television series, and 
digital games from the last two decades, this book explores the critical 
influence World War II continues to exert on a generation of Americans 
born over thirty years after the conflict ended. It explains how the war 
was configured in the media of the wartime generation and how it came to 
be repurposed by their progeny, the Baby Boomers. In doing so, it 
identifies the framework underpinning the mediation of World War II 
memory in the current generation’s media and develops a model that 
provides insight into the strategies of representation that shape the 
American perspective of war in general.

Subjects: Media Studies, Popular Culture, American Studies, Video Games, 
Television Studies, Heritage, Sociology of Media

Publisher: Routledge, Research in Cultural and Media Studies Series, 
215; 214 pages

Available now from http://www.sponpress.com/books/details/9781138805521/
And on pre-order on Amazon.co.uk 
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Routledge-Research-Cultural-Studies/dp/1138805521/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425460971&sr=8-1&keywords=american+media+and+the+memory+of+world+war+ii>and 
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Thanks and regards,

Debra Ramsay

*/Dr Debra Ramsay/*
Research Associate
Technologies of Memory Project
Glasgow University
07795 397 680



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