Violent depictions [[electronic resource] ] : representing violence across cultures / / edited by Susanna Scarparo and Sarah McDonald

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars, 2006; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. : , : Cambridge Scholars, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6
• Soggetto topico: Violence; Violent crimes; Violence - Moral and ethical aspects; Violence in literature; Violence in mass media
• Altri autori: ScarparoSusanna <1970-> McDonaldSarah
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Women and violence -- pt. 2. Visual violence -- pt. 3. The ghosts of violence.
• Sommario/riassunto: Anything and everything may come under the rubric of violence in a society that is by and large addicted to the images of violence that are an inescapable part of contemporary reality. In the wake of recent international events, many have come to accept the perpetration of violence as morally acceptable and a just enterprise towards peace. But what is violence? How do we identify something or somebody as violent? Is violence justifiable? If so, under what circumstances? Violent Depictions add...
• Titolo autorizzato: Violent depictions
• ISBN: 1-282-19253-1; 9786612192531; 1-4438-0892-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780650703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II