LEADER 04209nam 22005895 450 001 9910462385003321 005 20210114015021.0 010 $a0-231-52697-0 024 7 $a10.7312/flyn15358 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242594 035 $a(EBL)997379 035 $a(OCoLC)812924902 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000340776 035 $a(DE-B1597)458857 035 $a(OCoLC)979574945 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231526975 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC997379 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242594 100 $a20190708d2012 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aScreening Torture $eMedia Representations of State Terror and Political Domination /$fFabiola Fernandez Salek, Michael Flynn 210 1$aNew York, NY : $cColumbia University Press, $d[2012] 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-15359-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tScreening Torture / $rFlynn, Michael / Salek, Fabiola F. -- $tPart I: Torture and the Implications of Masculinity -- $t1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect / $rDanzig, David -- $t2. Mel Gibson's Tortured Heroes / $rQuinby, Lee -- $t3. It's a Perfect World / $rFlynn, Michael / Salek, Fabiola F. -- $tPart II: Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse -- $t4. Lust, Caution -- $t5. The Art of Photogenic Torture / $rCarney, Phil -- $t6. Beyond Susan Sontag / $rMcCoy, Alfred W. -- $t7. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange as Art Against Torture / $rStrange, Carolyn -- $tPart III: Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror -- $t8. "Accorded a Place in the Design" / $rSwanson Goldberg, Elizabeth -- $t9. Confessing Without Regret / $rAlexander, Livia -- $tPART IV: Torture and the Shortcomings of Film -- $t10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths / $rRejali, Darius -- $t11. Torture at the Limit of Politics / $rDevji, Faisal -- $t12. Doing Torture in Film / $rLazreg, Marnia -- $t13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib / $rMestrovic, Stjepan G. -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aBefore 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 institutions.This volume follows the shift in the representation of torture over the past decade, specifically in documentary, action, and political films. It traces and compares the development of this trend in films from the United States, Europe, China, Latin America, South Africa, and the Middle East. Featuring essays by sociologists, psychologists, historians, journalists, and specialists in film and cultural studies, the collection approaches the representation of torture in film and television from multiple angles and disciplines, connecting its aesthetics and practices to the dynamic of state terror and political domination. 606 $aTorture in motion pictures 606 $aTorture in motion pictures 606 $aTorture on television 606 $aTorture on television 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aTorture in motion pictures. 615 4$aTorture in motion pictures. 615 4$aTorture on television. 615 4$aTorture on television. 676 $a791.436352 700 $aFlynn$b Michael, $01053800 702 $aFernandez Salek$b Fabiola, 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462385003321 996 $aScreening Torture$92485894 997 $aUNINA