Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 553 g
Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 553 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-15358-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press
This volume follows the shift in the representation of torture over the past decade, specifically in documentary, action, and political films. It traces and compares the development of this trend in films from the United States, Europe, China, Latin America, South Africa, and the Middle East. Featuring essays by sociologists, psychologists, historians, journalists, and specialists in film and cultural studies, the collection approaches the representation of torture in film and television from multiple angles and disciplines, connecting its aesthetics and practices to the dynamic of state terror and political domination.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
Weitere Infos & Material
Screening Torture: An IntroductionPart I. Torture and the Implications of Masculinity1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect: An Examination of How to Limit the Influence of TV's Most Popular, and Most Brutal, Hero2. Mel Gibson's Tortured Heroes: From the Symbolic Function of Blood to Spectacles of Pain3. It's a Perfect World: Torture, Confession, and SacrificePart II. Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse4. Lust, Caution: Torture, Sex, and Passion in Chinese Cinema5. The Art of Photogenic Torture6. Beyond Susan Sontag: The Seduction of Psychological Torture7. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange as Art Against TorturePart III. Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror8. "Accorded a Place in the Design": Torture in Post-Apartheid Cinema9. Confessing Without Regret: An Israeli Film GenrePart IV. Torture and the Shortcomings of Film10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths11. Torture at the Limit of Politics12. Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib: Facts Versus DistortionList of ContributorsIndex