Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. A Shell-Shocked Face: Prologue 1
6. 1. Repair Work on the Sense of Commonality 9
7. 2. The Poetology of Genre Films 73
8. 3. The Emergence of the War Film Genre: A Construction of its Poetological Origins 139
9. 4. Genre and History 233
10. Genre and Sense of Commonality: An Epilogue 333
11. Bibliography 353
12. Name index 367
13. Film index 369
14. Subject index 371