Front Lines of Community: Hollywood Between War and Democracy

Based On The Premise That A Society?s Sense Of Commonality Depends Upon Media Practices, This Study Examines How Hollywood Responded To The Crisis Of Democracy During The Second World War By Creating A New Genre - The War Film. Developing An Affective Theory Of Genre Cinema, The Study?s Focus On The Sense Of Commonality Offers A New Characterization Of The Relationship Between Politics And Poetics. It Shows How The Diverse Ramifications Of Genre Poetics Can Be Explored As A Network Of Experiential Modalities That Make History Graspable As A Continuous Process Of Delineating The Limits Of Community.