Mediating War And Identity Figures Of Transgression In 20th And 21stcentury War Representation Lisa Purse Ute Wlfel by Lisa Purse; Ute Wölfel 9781474446280, 1474446280 instant download after payment.

• Offers a genealogy of figures of transgression, and proposes the functions to which such figures are put in the cultural debate about war and its consequences
• Case studies from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, examining different types of cultural representation
• Pushes forward understanding of specific forms and circumstances of transgression, but also the variety of figures of transgression that can be manifest in cultural representation
• Extends understanding of how figures of transgression are situated in Western visual and media culture, and to what ends

In state and public discussion about war and conflict, figures of transgression such as deserters, pacifist and emigrants are often marginalised, but they also play a key role in rethinking cultural and national identity in the wake of military violence. Raising questions of agency, responsibility and culpability in relation to the ‘other’, their cultural representation can enable reflection on and renegotiation of values and collective norms after the destabilisation of war.

Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection analyses the depiction of these transgressive figures in a variety of visual media, as well as the narrative, socio-cultural, political and historical contexts in which they emerge.