
Torture Porn In The Wake Of 9/11: Horror, Exploitation, And The Cinema Of Sensation (War Culture)
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 images, anxieties, and sadistic fantasies that have emerged from the War on Terror. In this timely new study, Aaron...
Series: War Culture
Hardcover: 268 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; None ed. edition (April 24, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813564034
ISBN-13: 978-0813564036
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 5778096
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Kerner challenges that interpretation, arguing that “torture porn” must be understood in a much broader context, as part of a phenomenon that spans multiple media genres and is rooted in a long tradition of American violence.
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