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Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
Michael Flynn
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Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, Color Photos: 17,. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Before 9/11, films addressing torture outside of the horror/slasher genre depicted the practice in a variety of forms. In most cases, torture was cast as the act of a desperate and depraved individual, and the viewer was more likely to identify with the victim rather than the torturer. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, scenes of brutality and torture in mainstream comedies, dramatic narratives, and action films appear for little other reason than to titillate and delight. In these films, torture is devoid of any redeeming qualities, represented as an exercise in brutal senselessness carried out by authoritarian ... Read more
Before 9/11, films addressing torture outside of the horror/slasher genre depicted the practice in a variety of forms. In most cases, torture was cast as the act of a desperate and depraved individual, and the viewer was more likely to identify with the victim rather than the torturer. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, scenes of brutality and torture in mainstream comedies, dramatic narratives, and action films appear for little other reason than to titillate and delight. In these films, torture is devoid of any redeeming qualities, represented as an exercise in brutal senselessness carried out by authoritarian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153584
SKU
V9780231153584
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About Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn is associate professor of psychology at York College, City University of New York, and associate director of the Center on Terrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is the coeditor, with Charles B. Strozier, of Genocide, War, and Human Survival; Trauma and Self; and The Year 2000: Essays on the End; and, with David C. Brotherton, ... Read more
Reviews for Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
...adds breath and freshness to the analysis of media representations of state terror and political violence.
Dr Ruth Kitchen DigitalIcons Thoughtful, insightful, and compelling... Flynn and Salek have gathered together a collection of essays that will have wide appeal to communication scholars, film scholars and graduate students.
Marita Gronnvoll European Journal of Communication This book is a compelling ... Read more
Dr Ruth Kitchen DigitalIcons Thoughtful, insightful, and compelling... Flynn and Salek have gathered together a collection of essays that will have wide appeal to communication scholars, film scholars and graduate students.
Marita Gronnvoll European Journal of Communication This book is a compelling ... Read more