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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823648103321

Autore

Prince Stephen <1955->

Titolo

Classical film violence : designing and regulating brutality in Hollywood cinema, 1930-1968 / / Stephen Prince

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8135-6817-X

0-8135-3527-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6

Soggetti

Violence in motion pictures

Motion pictures - United States

Motion pictures - Censorship - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-324) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Censorship and Screen Violence before 1930 -- Chapter 2: Cruelty, Sadism, and the Horror Film -- Chapter 3: Elaborating Gun Violence -- Chapter 4: Throwing the Extra Punch -- Chapter 5: The Poetics of Screen Violence -- Chapter 6: After the Deluge -- Appendix A: Primary Sample of Films -- Appendix B: The Production Code -- Appendix C: Special Regulations on Crime in Motion Pictures (1938) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.