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Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11: Horror, Exploitation, and the Cinema of Sensation
Aaron Michael Kerner
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Paperback. Series: War Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APFA; HBJK; HBLX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Saw, Hostel, The Devil’s Rejects: this wave of horror movies has been classed under the disparaging label “torture porn.” Since David Edelstein coined the term for a New York magazine article a few years after 9/11, many critics have speculated that these movies simply reflect iconic images, anxieties, and sadistic fantasies that have emerged from the War on Terror. In this timely new study, Aaron Kerner challenges that interpretation, arguing that “torture porn” must be understood in a much broader context, as part of a phenomenon that spans multiple media genres and is rooted in a long tradition of American ... Read more
Saw, Hostel, The Devil’s Rejects: this wave of horror movies has been classed under the disparaging label “torture porn.” Since David Edelstein coined the term for a New York magazine article a few years after 9/11, many critics have speculated that these movies simply reflect iconic images, anxieties, and sadistic fantasies that have emerged from the War on Terror. In this timely new study, Aaron Kerner challenges that interpretation, arguing that “torture porn” must be understood in a much broader context, as part of a phenomenon that spans multiple media genres and is rooted in a long tradition of American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
War Culture Series
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813564029
SKU
V9780813564029
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About Aaron Michael Kerner
AARON MICHAEL KERNER is an associate professor in the cinema department at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Film and the Holocaust: New Perspectives on Dramas, Documentaries, and Experimental Films.
Reviews for Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11: Horror, Exploitation, and the Cinema of Sensation
"By focusing on the concept of sadism and drawing on holocaust atrocities, Kerner offers original insights into the relationship between torture porn and American culture in the post-9/11 period."
Steve Jones
author of Torture Porn: Popular Horror after Saw
"Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11 is an important work in film studies."
Cinema Journal
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Steve Jones
author of Torture Porn: Popular Horror after Saw
"Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11 is an important work in film studies."
Cinema Journal
... Read more