Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
Edited by Michael Flynn and Fabiola F. Salek
eISBN: 978-0-231-52697-5
2012 (328 pages 17 color photos)
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Complete Book Download
(pages 1-326)
Front Matter
(pages 1-6)
Table of Contents
(pages 7-28)
Part I. Torture and the Implications of Masculinity
(pages 29-30)
1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect: An Examination of How to Limit the Influence of TV’s Most Popular, and Most Brutal, Hero, by David Danzig
(pages 31-44)
2. Mel Gibson’s Tortured Heroes: From the Symbolic Function of Blood to Spectacles of Pain, by Lee Quinby
(pages 45-62)
3. It’s a Perfect World: Torture, Confession, and Sacrifice, by Michael Flynn and Fabiola F. Salek
(pages 63-78)
Part II. Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse
(pages 79-80)
4. Lust, Caution: Torture, Sex, and Passion in Chinese Cinema, by Chris Berry
(pages 81-102)
5. The Art of Photogenic Torture, by Phil Carney
(pages 103-118)
6. Beyond Susan Sontag: The Seduction of Psychological Torture, by Alfred W. McCoy
(pages 119-152)
7. Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange as Art Against Torture, by Carolyn Strange
(pages 153-174)
Part III. Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror
(pages 175-176)
8. "Accorded a Place in the Design": Torture in Postapartheid Cinema, by Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg
(pages 177-200)
9. Confessing Without Regret: An Israeli Film Genre, by Livia Alexander
(pages 201-226)
Part IV. Torture and the Shortcomings of Film
(pages 227-228)
10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths, by Darius Rejali
(pages 229-248)
11. Torture at the Limit of Politics, by Faisal Devji
(pages 249-266)
12. Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence, by Marnia Lazreg
(pages 267-282)
13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib: Facts Versus Distortion, by Stjepan G. Mestrovic
(pages 283-302)
List of Contributors
(pages 303-304)
Index
(pages 305-326)
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Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
Before 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.
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Table of Contents
Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination
Author(s):
Flynn, Michael; Salek, Fabiola F.
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Front Matter
1
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Table of Contents
77
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Part I. Torture and the Implications of Masculinity
2929
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1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect: An Examination of How to Limit the Influence of TV’s Most Popular, and Most Brutal, Hero, by David Danzig
3131
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2. Mel Gibson’s Tortured Heroes: From the Symbolic Function of Blood to Spectacles of Pain, by Lee Quinby
4545
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3. It’s a Perfect World: Torture, Confession, and Sacrifice, by Michael Flynn and Fabiola F. Salek
6363
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Part II. Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse
7979
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4. Lust, Caution: Torture, Sex, and Passion in Chinese Cinema, by Chris Berry
8181
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5. The Art of Photogenic Torture, by Phil Carney
103103
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6. Beyond Susan Sontag: The Seduction of Psychological Torture, by Alfred W. McCoy
119119
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7. Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange as Art Against Torture, by Carolyn Strange
153153
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Part III. Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror
175175
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8. "Accorded a Place in the Design": Torture in Postapartheid Cinema, by Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg
177177
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9. Confessing Without Regret: An Israeli Film Genre, by Livia Alexander
201201
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Part IV. Torture and the Shortcomings of Film
227227
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10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths, by Darius Rejali
229229
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11. Torture at the Limit of Politics, by Faisal Devji
249249
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12. Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence, by Marnia Lazreg
267267
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13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib: Facts Versus Distortion, by Stjepan G. Mestrovic
283283
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List of Contributors
303303
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Index
305305
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