Jones, Steve (2011) Dying to be Seen: Snuff-Fiction's Problematic Fantasies of "Reality". Scope, 19. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1465-9166
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Abstract
The mythic Snuff film has remained a persistent cinematic rumour since the mid-1970s. The discourses that surround Snuff are preoccupied by two factors: (a) the formal aesthetic, and (b) their alleged role as a kind of titillating pornography. Although critical narratives have been established to account for the subgenre, little has been done to unpick a recent wave of hardcore horror pseudo-Snuff texts, and the cultural climate they enter into. Exploring the August Underground trilogy (2001-2007) in particular, I investigate how contemporary faux-Snuff fits into and challenges Snuff’s established rhetorical paradigms. This discussion is informed by the legacy of 1970s anti-porn feminism as well as the age of reality culture, torture porn, and extreme pornography that immediately situates 21st century hardcore horror.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | P300 Media studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Design |
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| Depositing User: | Ellen Cole |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2012 16:38 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 12:33 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/5145 |
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