Militainment, Inc. : war, media, and popular culture

Summary: Offers insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment - or 'militainment' - in contemporary American popular culture. This book argues that an interactive mode of militarized entertainment is recruiting its audience as virtual-citizen soldiers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780415999786
ISBN: 9780415999779
ISBN: 0415999782
ISBN: 0415999774
ISBN: 9780203879603
ISBN: 0203879600
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Step right up! -- All-consuming war : from spectacle to interactivity -- Sports and the militarized body politic -- Reality war -- War games -- Toying with militainment -- Debriefing : previews to postviews.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.