Screening Torture: Media Representations of State Terror and Political Domination

by Michael Flynn

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231153597
• ISBN13: 9780231153591
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher