| Bloodscripts: Writing the Violent Subject Contributor(s): Gomel, Elana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814251196 ISBN-13: 9780814251195 Publisher: Ohio State University Press OUR PRICE: $48.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: We live in an increasingly violent world. From suicide terrorists to serial killers, violent subjects challenge our imaginations. We seek answers to our questions on this subject in literature, cinema, and electronic media. In Bloodscripts, Elana Gomel examines how popular culture narratives construct violent subjectivity. Using such various narratives as mystery, horror; detective, and fantasy fiction as well as accounts of the atrocities perpetuated by serial killers and the Holocaust, Bloodscripts offers a new map of the genres of violence and links the twin obsessions of postmodern culture: crime and genocide. Bloodscripts is a stimulating, original, and accessible account of the narrative construction of the violent subject. It proposes a narrative model that will be of interest to literary critics, cultural scholars, criminologists, and anyone trying to understand the role of violence in postmodern culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 2003008508 |
| Series: Theory and Interpretation of Narrative |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.02" W x 9.16" (0.86 lbs) 234 pages |