Torture porn in the wake of 9/11 : horror, exploitation, and the cinema of sensation /

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Saw, Hostel, The Devil's Rejects: this wave of horror movies has been classed under the disparaging label "torture porn." Since David Edelstein coined the term for a New York magazine article a few years after 9/11, many critics have speculated that these movies simply reflect iconic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kerner, Aaron, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:War culture.
Temas:
Horror films > United States > History and criticism.
Torture in motion pictures.
Sadism in motion pictures.
Films d'horreur > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Torture au cinéma.
Sadisme au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Horror films.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Torture porn: from 9/11 to the multiplex
  • The torture porn genre : key tropes
  • Some antecedents : sadism, exploitation, and (neo- )slashers
  • The Saw franchise : videogames, and the sadistic pro(an)tagonist Jigsaw
  • The Hostel films : consuming bodies
  • "I think we took a wrong turn . . ."
  • Soft-core, and beyond torture porn.

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