Cinema of the dark side : atrocity and the ethics of film spectatorship /

A ground-breaking comparative treatment of cinematic images of atrocity, combining critical perspectives on contemporary film and human rights. A few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in its global 'War on Terror'....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chaudhuri, Shohini (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Human rights in motion pictures.
Violence in motion pictures.
Political violence in motion pictures.
Motion picture audiences > Moral and ethical aspects.
Violence au cinéma.
Violence politique au cinéma.
Cinéma > Publics > Aspect moral.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Film.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Documenting the dark side : fictional and documentary treatments of torture and the 'war on terror'
  • History lessons : what audiences (could) learn about genocide from historical drama
  • The art of disappearance : remembering political violence in Argentina and Chile
  • Uninvited visitors : immigration, detention and deportation in science fiction
  • Architectures of enmity : the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a cinematic lens.

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