Violence and American cinema / edited by J. David Slocum.
| Other author | Slocum, J. David (John David) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2001. |
| Description | viii, 311 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | AFI film readers AFI film readers. ^A253893 |
| Contents | Introduction : violence and American cinema : notes for an investigation / J. David Slocum -- Violence and film / William Rothman -- The violence of a perfect moment / Leo Charney -- Violence American style : the narrative orchestration of violent attractions / Marsha Kinder -- "Clean, dependable slapstick" : comic violence and the emergence of classical Hollywood cinema / Peter Kramer -- The spectacle of criminality / Richard Maltby -- Murder's tongue : identity, death, and the city in film noir / Paul Archer -- Violence in the film western / Lee Clark Mitchell -- Passion and acceleration : generic change in the action film / Rikke Schubart -- Black violence as cinema : from cheap thrills to historical agonies / Ed Guerrero -- Documenting domestic violence in American films / Phyllis Frus -- Splitting the difference : global identity politics and the representation of torture in the counterhistorical dramatic film / Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg -- Holocaust film criticism and the politics of Judeo-Christian phenomenology / Terri Ginsberb. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 00038265 |
| ISBN | 0415928095 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415928109 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9.V5 V56 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |