Torture porn
Lambasted by critics as a sign of censorial failure and even social decline, the horror subgenre known as 'torture porn' has generated a great deal of controversy during the last decade. Although torture porn films such as Saw, Hostel and The Human Centipede were highly successful and have...
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| Glavni autor: | Jones, Steve (-) |
| Vrsta građe: | Knjiga |
| Jezik: | eng |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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Sadržaj:
- Introduction: 'Welcome to your worst nightmare'
- Part I: 'Torture porn' (Category)
- 1. 'The past catches up to everyone': Lineage and nostalgia
- 2. 'Bend to our objectives': 'Torture Porn' as press discourse
- 3. 'No-one approves of what you're doing': Fans and filmmakers
- Part II: 'Torture' (Morality)
- Introduction
- 4. 'Your story's real, and people feel that': Contextualising torture
- 5. 'Some are victims. Some are predators. Some are both': Torturous positions
- 6. 'In the land of the pig, the butcher is king': Torture, spaces, and power
- Part III: 'Porn' (Extremity)
- Introduction
- 7. 'Ladies first'?: Torture porn, sex, and misogyny
- 8. 'Why are you crying? Aren't you having fun?': Extreme porn
- 9. 'You will not believe your eyes...or stomach': Hardcore horror
- Conclusion: 'Will you continue?': Beyond 'Torture porn'.