Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. ILLUSTRATIONS VII
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IX
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. THE LIVES OF OTHERS: VULNERABILITY IN POST- 9/11 AMERICAN CINEMA 32
7. 2. BOOTS ON THE GROUND: THE NEW MILLENNIAL COMBAT FILM AS CULTURAL ARTEFACT 59
8. 3. ‘MASTERS OF OUR OWN SECURITY’: REDEMPTION THROUGH VIOLENCE IN THE POST- 9/11 ACTION GENRE 81
9. 4. TURNING TO THE DARK SIDE: CHALLENGING AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY IN THE SUPERHERO GENRE 111
10. 5. REMAKING 9/11: IMAGINING THE UNIMAGINABLE IN THE ALIEN- INVASION FILM 135
11. 6. DECADE OF THE DEAD: ZOMBIE FILMS AS ALLEGORY OF NATIONAL TRAUMA 157
12. 7. THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRES: THE ‘WAR ON TERROR’ AS ALLEGORICAL MOMENT IN HISTORICAL FILM 175
13. CONCLUSION 199
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 210
15. SELECT FILMOGRAPHY 231
16. INDEX 239