War in Film Semiotics and Conflict Related Sign Constructions on the Screen

The human experience of war is not only remembered by societies through memorials, but also through the depiction of wars and important battles of respective national histories on screen. Very often, the image presented is related to existent semiotics, and the respective sign systems determine the...

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Other Authors: Jacob, Frank (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Büchner-Verlag 2022
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653 |a Omer Fast; Steve McQueen; war film; Christopher Nolan; Roland Barthes; film aesthetics; Maya Schweizer; Alain Delon; Clemens von Wedemeyer; Fernando Frías; Mario Volpe; semiotics; war images; film narratives; national narratives; Amat Escalante; Frank Herbert; popular culture; Alessandro Blasetti 
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