| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Visible torture: the case of Zero Dark Thirty -- Witnessing torture, and mediated witnessing in war-on-terror films -- Television torture, made in the USA -- Television torture, made in Chile -- Negotiating evidence -- The presence of absence in contemporary Chilean cinema -- The politics of realism in Chilean cinema -- Cinema as poetic archive |
| Summary |
"Academic work on the subject of torture tends to mirror public debates on its presumed utility, to focus on its historically 'correct' representation or on profilmic structures of identification. This book moves beyond these ideologically charged questions to explore how contemporary films have responded to a growing popular distrust in visual evidence when referencing factual cases of torture. Two cases studies -- the United States around 2004 and Chile from 1973 until the end of the dictatorship -- provide either an abundance or lack of such visual evidence. Drawing on films and television series such as Zero Dark Thirty (2012), NO (2012), Homeland (2011-) and Los 80 (2008-14), amongst many others, this book analyses the visible components of torture but also its invisibilities. By casting a wider net on the definition of torture, the author promotes a radical, theoretical reframing of our concept of torture and suggests that audiovisual products can help broaden our comprehension of torture as an event which includes collective and emotional dimensions and long-term social effects."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-232), filmography (pages 233-234) and index |
| Notes |
Dr Berenike Jung is a lecturer in Film Studies at King's College London. Previously, she worked as a research fellow at the Institute of Media Studies in Tübingen. She received her PhD in Film and Television Studies from the University of Warwick in 2016 |
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Print version record |
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Torture in motion pictures.
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Torture on television.
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Politics in motion pictures.
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Politics on television.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History
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Motion pictures -- Chile -- History
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Motion pictures
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Politics in motion pictures
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Politics on television
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Torture in motion pictures
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Torture on television
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Chile
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474437011 |
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147443701X |
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9781474437028 |
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1474437028 |
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