Extreme cinema : : affective strategies in transnational media / / Aaron Michael Kerner and Jonathan L. Knapp.

• VerfasserIn: Kerner, Aaron,; Knapp, Jonathan L.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Knapp, Jonathan L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (179 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Extreme Cinema: Revisiting Body Genres --; 2 Hearing: With a Touch of Sound—The Affective Charge of Audio Design --; 3 Pain: Exploring Bodies, Technology, and Endurance --; 4 Laughter: Belly-aching Laughter --; 5 Arousal: Graphic Encounters --; 6 Crying: Dreadful Melodramas— Family Dramas and Home Invasions --; 7 The End of Extreme Cinema? --; Bibliography --; Filmography --; Index
• Audience: Specialized.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
• ISBN: 1474426026; 1474422004; 1474402917
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Aaron Michael Kerner and Jonathan L. Knapp.

Extreme Cinema examines the highly stylized treatment of sex and violence in post-millennial transnational cinema, where the governing convention is not the narrative but the spectacle.