The subject of torture psychoanalysis and biopolitics in television and film

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...

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Main Author Neroni, Hilary
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Columbia University Press 2015
Edition1
Subjects
Film Studies
Mass media
Moral and ethical aspects
Motion pictures
PERFORMING ARTS
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis and motion pictures
Psychoanalysis and television
Psychology
Sociology
Television
Torture in mass media
Torture in motion pictures
Torture on television
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9780231170703
023117070X
9780231170710
0231170718
9780231539142
0231539142
DOI:10.7312/nero17070