| Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media Contributor(s): Jackson, Neil (Editor), Kimber, Shaun (Editor), Walker, Johnny (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1628921145 ISBN-13: 9781628921144 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2015025730 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The phenomenon of so-called 'snuff movies' (films that allegedly document real acts of murder, specifically designed to 'entertain' and sexually arouse the spectator) represents a fascinating socio-cultural paradox. At once unproven, yet accepted by many, as emblematic of the very worst extremes of pornography and horror, moral detractors have argued that the mere idea of snuff constitutes the logical (and terminal) extension of generic forms that are dependent primarily upon the excitement, stimulation and, ultimately, corruption of the senses. Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media brings together scholars from film and media studies to assess the longevity of one of screen media's most enduring cultural myths. Thorough, provocative, and well argued, the contributions to this volume address areas ranging from exploitation movies, the video industry, trends in contemporary horror cinema, pornography and Web 2.0. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jackson, Neil: - Neil Jackson teaches at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is a chief contributor to the Wallflower Critical Guides to Contemporary North American Directors and British Directors, and has had essays published in various books, journals and magazines, including Post Script, Kino Eye and Video Watchdog.Kimber, Shaun: - Shaun Kimber is a Senior Lecturer in Media Theory in the Media School at Bournemouth University, UK. He has published widely on horror and censorship, and is the author of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (2011).Jackson, Neil: - Neil Jackson teaches at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is a chief contributor to the Wallflower Critical Guides to Contemporary North American Directors and British Directors, and has had essays published in various books, journals and magazines, including Post Script, Kino Eye and Video Watchdog.Walker, Johnny: - Johnny Walker is Lecturer in Media at Northumbria University, UK. His scholarship on horror cinema has appeared in journals such as Horror Studies and the Journal of British Cinema and Television. His monograph, Contemporary British Horror Cinema: Industry, Genre and Society, will be published in 2015Watson, Thomas Joseph: - Thomas Joseph Watson is Associate Lecturer in Media at Northumbria University, UK. He has forthcoming articles appearing in both the edited collection Rethinking Cinema and Television History (2014), and the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance (2014). |