Screening Torture
Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
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 regimes and in…
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Weitere Autoren: Fernandez Salek, Fabiola (Assistant Professor, York College)
- ISBN: 978-0-231-15359-1
- EAN: 9780231153591
- Produktnummer: 12124826
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.7 cm 430 g
- Abbildungen: Color Photos: 17,
- Gewicht: 430
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
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, of Globalizing the Streets: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Youth, Social Control, and Empowerment. Fabiola F. Salek is the chair of the Department of Foreign Languages, ESL, and Humanities and coordinator of women's studies at York College, City University of New York. She is also a research fellow at the Center on Terrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her research focuses on film and contemporary culture and their relationship to human rights, immigration, gender, and the construction of identity and nationality.
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