Torture Porn: popular horror in the era of Saw

Jones, Steve (2013) Torture Porn: popular horror in the era of Saw. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230319417, 9781349339952, 9781137317124

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137317124

Abstract

The first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual concerns that shape the meanings of both 'torture' and 'porn'.

Item Type: Book
Uncontrolled Keywords: bibliography, concept, discourse, film, misogyny, morality, oral discourse, press, torture
Subjects: P300 Media studies
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
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Depositing User: Helen Pattison
Date Deposited: 28 Jun 2012 09:09
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2020 14:23
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7910

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