Thrills of the Third Reich : Contemporary popular culture approaches to Nazi Germany

• In this paper I look at visual representations of World War II, compare them to interviews with what I call “Third Reich enthusiasts” and examine how the media texts and images function in creating a contemporary image of the historical events. WWII games cooperate, in their own way, in the maintenance of our collective memory. Nevertheless, in these games historical facts are not considered as important as excitement, heroes, villains (the dichotomy good/evil), and gothic surroundings. Thus, although claiming historical settings and narratives, they are rather reshaping WWII as a stereotypical event with more connections to popular films than to history in it self.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Digital (computer

video) games

FPS

Immersion

History

Representation

Nazi Germany

Media and communication studies

Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

Communication Studies

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