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The Scene of Violence

- Cinema, Crime, Affect

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In the contemporary fascination with images of crime, violence gets under our skin and keeps us enthralled. The Scene of Violence explores the spectatorΓÇÖs encounter with the cinematic scene of violence ΓÇô rape and revenge, homicide and serial killing, torture and terrorism. Providing a detailed reading of both classical and contemporary films ΓÇô for example, Kill Bill, Blue Velvet, Reservoir Dogs, The Matrix, Psycho, The Accused, Elephant, Seven, Thelma & Louise, United 93, Zodiac, and No Country for Old Men ΓÇô Alison Young returns the affective processes of the cinematic image to the study of law, crime and violence. Engaging with legal theory, cultural criminology and film studies, the book unfolds both our attachment to the authority of law and our identification with the illicit. Its original contribution is to bring together the cultural fascination of crime with a nuanced account of what it means to watch cinema. The Scene of Violence shows how the spectator is bound by the laws of film to the judgment of the crime-image.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415585088
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 196
  • Udgivet:
  • 17. maj 2010
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x5 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 91 g.
Leveringstid: 2-4 uger
Forventet levering: 28. november 2024

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In the contemporary fascination with images of crime, violence gets under our skin and keeps us enthralled. The Scene of Violence explores the spectatorΓÇÖs encounter with the cinematic scene of violence ΓÇô rape and revenge, homicide and serial killing, torture and terrorism. Providing a detailed reading of both classical and contemporary films ΓÇô for example, Kill Bill, Blue Velvet, Reservoir Dogs, The Matrix, Psycho, The Accused, Elephant, Seven, Thelma & Louise, United 93, Zodiac, and No Country for Old Men ΓÇô Alison Young returns the affective processes of the cinematic image to the study of law, crime and violence. Engaging with legal theory, cultural criminology and film studies, the book unfolds both our attachment to the authority of law and our identification with the illicit. Its original contribution is to bring together the cultural fascination of crime with a nuanced account of what it means to watch cinema. The Scene of Violence shows how the spectator is bound by the laws of film to the judgment of the crime-image.

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