Cinema of the Dark Side : : Atrocity and the Ethics of Film Spectatorship / / Shohini Chaudhuri.
A ground-breaking comparative treatment of cinematic images of atrocity, combining critical perspectives on contemporary film and human rightsA few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work ‘the dark side’ in its global ‘War on Terror’. Cinema of the Dark Si...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 14 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Documenting the Dark Side: Fictional and Documentary Treatments of Torture and the ‘War On Terror’
- 2 History Lessons: What Audiences (Could) Learn about Genocide from Historical Dramas
- 3 The Art of Disappearance: Remembering Political Violence in Argentina and Chile
- 4 Uninvited Visitors: Immigration, Detention and Deportation in Science Fiction
- 5 Architectures of Enmity: the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict through a Cinematic Lens
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index