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[...] it is a daunting critical task to justify the interpretive links between readings of individual films-Hollywood's cinema of terrorism-and claims regarding a nearly decade-long period of cultural history. [...] Prince requires that we ask not only whether but also how the so-called torture...

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Published inCinema journal Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 181 - 193
Main Author Slocum, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lawrence University of Texas Press 01.10.2011
Michigan Publishing
University of Texas at Austin (University of Texas Press)
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan Library)
Subjects
Cultural change
Ecosystems
Film criticism
Filmographies
Forecasts and trends
Influence
Iraq War-2003
Military aspects
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Movies
Narratives
Negotiation
Political violence
Politics
Popular culture
Portrayals
REVIEW ESSAY
Social aspects
Television programming
Terrorism
Torture
War on Terror
United States
New York
United States > US
Iraq
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Summary:[...] it is a daunting critical task to justify the interpretive links between readings of individual films-Hollywood's cinema of terrorism-and claims regarding a nearly decade-long period of cultural history. [...] Prince requires that we ask not only whether but also how the so-called tortureporn films of the Saw and Hostel franchises negotiate cultural anxieties about torture rooted in the actual experiences of Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay, and unknown black sites.
ISSN:0009-7101
1527-2087
2578-4900
1527-2087
DOI:10.1353/cj.2011.0079