The Subject of Torture : Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics in Television and Film

Autor:	Hilary Neroni
Předmět:	Psychoanalysis and motion pictures, Psychoanalysis and television, Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects, Torture in motion pictures, Torture on television, Torture in mass media, Television--Moral and ethical aspects, Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects, Television broadcasting--Moral and ethical aspects
Kategorie:	PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory
Popis:	Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and'torture porn'feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation to the desiring subject. Her work ultimately showcases film and television studies'singular ability to expose and potentially disable the fantasies that sustain torture and the regimes that deploy it.
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