Torture Porn in the Wake Of 9/11 Horror, Exploitation, and the Cinema of Sensation |
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| Author:
| Kerner, Aaron Michael |
| Series title: | War Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-7562-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11 challenges the conventional wisdom about horror movies like
Hostel and the
Saw series. Aaron Kerner argues that, even as these films express anxieties and sadistic fantasies that have emerged from the War on Terror, they are rooted in a much longer tradition of American violence. He also reveals how the "torture porn" aesthetic has gone mainstream, popping up in everything from the television thriller
Dexter to the...
More Description Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11 challenges the conventional wisdom about horror movies like Hostel and the Saw series. Aaron Kerner argues that, even as these films express anxieties and sadistic fantasies that have emerged from the War on Terror, they are rooted in a much longer tradition of American violence. He also reveals how the "torture porn" aesthetic has gone mainstream, popping up in everything from the television thriller Dexter to the reality show Hell's Kitchen.