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Torture Porn : Popular Horror after Saw by Steve Jones (2013, Hardcover)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Genre
- Horror
- Book Title
- Torture Porn
- Topic
- Books
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- ISBN
- 9780230319417
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-10
0230319416
ISBN-13
9780230319417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159830051
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
IX, 232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Torture Porn : Popular Horror after Saw
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Film / Genres / Horror, Film / General, Television / History & Criticism, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
144.3 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-021273
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'This pioneering study bravely goes to unchartered territories in order to explain the label's implied porn-horror confluence and examine critically neglected subgenres.' - Dejan Ognjanovic, Rue Morgue
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6164
Table Of Content
Contents Introduction: 'Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare' PART I: 'TORTURE PORN' (CATEGORY) 1. 'The Past Catches Up to Everyone' - Lineage and Nostalgia 2. 'Bend to our objectives' - 'Torture Porn' as Press Discourse 3. 'No-one approves of what you're doing' - Fans and Filmmakers PART II: 'TORTURE' (MORALITY) Introduction 4. 'Your story's real, and people feel that' - Contextualising Torture 5. 'Some are Victims. Some are Predators. Some are Both' - Torturous Positions 6. 'In the land of the pig, the butcher is king' - Torture, Spaces, and Power PART III: 'PORN' (EXTREMITY) Introduction 7. 'Ladies first'? - Torture Porn, Sex, and Misogyny 8. 'Why are you crying? Aren't you having fun?' - Extreme Porn 9. 'You Will Not Believe Your Eyes...or Stomach' - Hardcore Horror Conclusion: 'Will You Continue?' - Beyond 'Torture Porn' Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
Synopsis
The first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual concerns that shape the meanings of both 'torture' and 'porn'., Lambasted by critics as a sign of censorial failure and even social decline, the horror subgenre known as 'torture porn' has generated a great deal of controversy during the last decade. Although torture porn films such as Saw, Hostel and The Human Centipede were highly successful and have become cultural touchstones, the term 'torture porn' remains synonymous with misogyny, obscenity and moral depravity. Arguing primarily in defense of these popular torture-themed horror films, this is the first book to offer a detailed critical examination of the 'torture porn' phenomenon, outlining the subgenre's lineage, scrutinizing responses to the sub-genre, and offering narrative analyses of the sub-genre's central box-office hits as well as the multitude of independent direct-to-DVD films that have followed in their footsteps. In doing so, this book seeks to unpick the relationships between 'porn', 'horror', 'immorality', and 'extremity'.
LC Classification Number
PN1993.5
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