Extreme cinema : : affective strategies in transnational media / / 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.

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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).
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Table of Contents:
  • 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