| Annotation |
War is one of the most popular topics in modern mass culture. The author analyzes the features of the
perception of war in modern science fiction cinema. The purpose of this article is to analyze the representation
of war in American science fiction as a form of historical memory in mass culture. The author uses inventionism
methods to analyze the images of war in the film production of mass culture as “invented traditions” of the consumer
society. The range of perception of war and military experience in popular culture is analyzed. Modern
global film industry and national film industries regularly address military themes in the world or national contexts,
producing films that actualize military experience of nations and states. The film industry segments that specialize
in the production of science fiction and fantasy films also do not ignore the military theme. It is supposed that
popular culture offers a variety of images of war, including militarism, violence, military collective trauma, and
military
political psychosis. The author believes that military theme in popular culture arose as a result of reflection
on real military conflicts, and the creators of the pop-cultural project could reject the war or idealize it. The
author believes that military science fiction in modern American mass culture actualizes the values of pacifism or
militarism as reflections of the left or right preferences of the creators of such cultural product for the consumer society. Science fiction films actualize various forms of war, including global military clashes, civil conflicts, aggression,
intervention and genocide. Popular culture is becoming the main sphere of existence of the memory of war
because military conflicts of science fiction series can be perceived in the consumer society as more real than the
historical wars of the past. Military images of mass culture are supposed to actualize various forms of war memory,
including memory as trauma, memory as marginalization, and memory as nostalgia which idealize war. |
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