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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778124503321

Autore

Abel Marco

Titolo

Violent affect [[electronic resource] ] : literature, cinema, and critique after representation / / Marco Abel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-09210-X

9786611092108

0-8032-0996-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Disciplina

813/.509355

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Violence in literature

Violence in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Countering previous studies of violent images based on representational and, consequently, moralistic assumptions, which, the author argues, inevitably reinforce the very violence they critique. He explains how violent images work upon the world.