The Subject of Torture

Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics in Television and Film

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
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Author: Hilary Neroni ISBN: 9780231539142
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: May 5, 2015
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Hilary Neroni
ISBN: 9780231539142
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: May 5, 2015
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and "torture porn" feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation to the desiring subject. Her work ultimately showcases film and television studies' singular ability to expose and potentially disable the fantasies that sustain torture and the regimes that deploy it.

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Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and "torture porn" feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation to the desiring subject. Her work ultimately showcases film and television studies' singular ability to expose and potentially disable the fantasies that sustain torture and the regimes that deploy it.

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