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OverviewThe first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual concerns that shape the meanings of both 'torture' and 'porn'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steve JonesPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2013 Weight: 0.315kg ISBN: 9781349339952ISBN 10: 1349339954 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 01 January 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContents 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' Notes Bibliography Filmography IndexReviews'This pioneering study bravely goes to unchartered territories in order to explain the label's implied porn-horror confluence and examine critically neglected subgenres.' - Dejan Ognjanovic, Rue Morgue Author InformationSteve Jones is Lecturer in Media at Northumbria University, UK. His research focuses primarily on the horror genre and topics of representation and gender, particularly on representations of sex and violence. He has published widely in international journals such as the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, Scope, Horror Studies, Animation and Sexualities. This is his first book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |