| Portion of title |
Reckoning |
| Contents |
Styles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Catharsis, captivity -- Everything is nice -- They're only dolls -- The golden rule -- Nobody said no -- The brutality of fact -- Who we are -- A situation of meat -- Precariousness -- Inflicted -- Face -- Rings of action -- Rarer and better things. |
| Abstract |
Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011001828 |
| ISBN | 0393072150 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780393072150 (hardcover) |
