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The subject of torture : psychoanalysis and biopolitics in television and film

By Hilary , Neroni

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
978-0-231-17070-3, 023117070X, 978-0-231-17071-0, 0231170718, 978-0-231-53914-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
15 MB (15733754 bytes)
Pages
188\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Biopolitik.;Fernsehserie.;Film.;Folter (Motiv);USA

Description

Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and "torture porn" feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation to the desiring subject. Her work ultimately showcases film and television studies' singular ability to expose and potentially disable the fantasies that sustain torture and the regimes that deploy it

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