Spectatorship, Embodiment and Physicality in the Contemporary - Mutilation Fil

Zusatztext "Wilson bypasses the negative connotations surrounding "torture porn" by opting for a productive thematic model: the mutilation film. This approach is fruitful! leading to insightful discussions regarding! for example! sound! repulsion and self-harm. The filmic analysis is detailed! and the overarching argument represents a valuable contribution to scholarship in the field." - Steve Jones! author of Torture Porn Informationen zum Autor Laura Wilson completed her PhD at the University of Manchester where she also taught introductory modules on film, led seminars for the Manchester Leadership Programme and lectured for Ahmed Iqbal's Race Relations Resource Centre. She has presented her work at UK and international conferences. Further publications include articles on race, gender and physical spectatorship. Klappentext Spectatorship, Embodiment and Physicality in the Contemporary Mutilation Film explores 'physical spectatorship': the representation of mutilation on the screen and the physical responses this evokes. The book is organised around the study of a series of dynamic engagements that reconfigure the film-viewer relationship. Zusammenfassung Spectatorship! Embodiment and Physicality in the Contemporary Mutilation Film explores 'physical spectatorship': the representation of mutilation on the screen and the physical responses this evokes. The book is organised around the study of a series of dynamic engagements that reconfigure the film-viewer relationship. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Introduction 1. Embodied Voyeurism 2. Mutilation as Spectacle 3. Representing the Unrepresentable: Self-Harm as Affect 4. Extreme Frequencies 5. The Gut Conclusion Bibliography Filmography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Laura Wilson
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781137444370
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44437-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Verstehen, Darstellende Künste, B, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Performing Arts, Phenomenology, Communication, Disgust, Film History, Nausea, Media and Communication, Anxiety, Crime & criminology, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Contemporary horror