The tropes of war : visual hyperbole and spectacular culture /: visual hyperbole and spectacular culture. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrea Greenbaum.
• Authors: Greenbaum, Andrea
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. The Mother of All Tropes: Visual Hyperbole and the Middle East -- 2. War and the Graphic Novel: Memory as Enthymeme in Maus and Waltz with Bashir -- 3. The War Documentary: Restrepo and the Synecdoche of Masculinity -- 4. Metonymy of Peace: The Comic Book Peace Project -- 5. Conclusion: Living in the Age of Babel: War, Rhetoric, and the Perils of Hyperbole -- Afterword.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (70 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 303.66; War and society; Mass media and war; Mass media and war; War and society; Social Science -- Media Studies; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Criminology; Business & Economics -- Industries -- General; Media studies; Cultural studies; Crime & criminology; Industry & industrial studies; Communication; Crime—Sociological aspects; Industries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137550774; 1137550775; 9781137550781; 1137550783
• Related ISBNs: 9781137550767; 1137550767
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.