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OverviewExplosive images of sex and violence in films by directors such as Catherine Breillat, Gaspar No�, Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier have attracted media attention for the ways in which they seek to shock and provoke the spectator into powerful affective and visceral responses. This first collection of essays devoted to the new extremism in contemporary European cinema critically interrogates this highly contentious body of work and demonstrates that these films and the controversies they engender are indispensable to the critical task of rethinking the terms of spectatorship. Through critical discussions of key films and directors, this book sheds new light on cutting-edge debates in Film Studies regarding sexuality, violence and spectatorship, affect and ethics, and the political dimensions of extreme cinema.Including important new work from internationally renowned scholars Martin Barker and Martine Beugnet, as well as combining a range of approaches to extreme cinema across audience research and Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tanya Horeck (Anglia Ruskin University) , Tina Kendall (Anglia Ruskin University)Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9780748651221ISBN 10: 0748651225 Publication Date: 01 March 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""This is the first important study of its kind, and it is both perspicacious and unflinching in examining the provocative issues raised by such directors as Lars von Trier and Gaspar Noe with their graphic portrayals of sex and violence. Critical methods and the contentious debates regarding the expression of sexuality are both handled by the contributors with great rigour."" -- Barry Forshaw, Crimetime" This is the first important study of its kind, and it is both perspicacious and unflinching in examining the provocative issues raised by such directors as Lars von Trier and Gaspar Noe with their graphic portrayals of sex and violence. Critical methods and the contentious debates regarding the expression of sexuality are both handled by the contributors with great rigour. -- Barry Forshaw, Crimetime Author InformationTanya Horeck is Senior Lecturer in Communication, Film and Media at the Anglia Ruskin University. Tina Kendall is Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the Anglia Ruskin University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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