The invisibilities of political torture : visual evidence in US and Chilean cinema and television /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| 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."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-232), filmography (pages 233-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474437011 147443701X 9781474437028 1474437028 |
