The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gwyn Symonds.
• Other Names: Symonds, Gwyn
• Contents: "Violence at the speed of live" : the televirtuality of 9/11 and rebuking the frame of (re)presentation -- "We can't believe it's not butter" : polemical violence and faking authenticity -- "It is a true story but it might not have happened" : voyeurism and fiction in the true crime narrative -- Show business or dirty business? : the theatrics of mafia narrative and empathy for the last mob boss standing in The Sopranos -- "Solving problems with sharp objects" : female empowerment, sex, and violence in Buffy, the vampire slayer -- "Getting kicks from action pix" : righteous violence and the choreographed body in f(l)ight -- "It's just detail" : flaying the sacred and prosthetic, pixilated and animated violence in the hyperreal.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages)
• Subjects: 303.6; Violence in mass media; Mass media -- Aesthetics; Mass media -- Audiences; Mass media -- Aesthetics; Mass media -- Audiences; Violence in mass media; Massenmedien; Gewaltdarstellung; Ästhetik; Våld i massmedia; Kulturspridning; Underhållningsvåld
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441117366; 1441117369
• Related ISBNs: 9781441185266
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.