Docu-Fictions of War

Tatiana Prorokova

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Historical writing and fiction are not the same thing, though historians often creatively manipulate material in imposing plot st...

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Historical writing and fiction are not the same thing, though historians often creatively manipulate material in imposing plot structures, selecting starting and ending points, and fashioning compelling literary characters from historical figures. In Docu-Fictions of War, Tatiana Prorokova argues that the opposite is also true war fiction offers a kind of history that both documents its subjects and provides a snapshot of the cultural representation of the United States' most recent military involvements. She covers a largely neglected body of cinematic and literary texts about the First Gulf War, the Balkan War, the Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War to open a fresh analysis of cultural texts on war. Prorokova contends that these texts are not pure fiction, but "docu-fictions" works of imagination that can document their subjects while disclosing the social, political, and historical link between war and culture during the last three decades.<BR...