Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern MediaChristopher Sharrett This anthology examines a number of issues related to violence within the media landscape. Violence has been a topic of continued concern within American culture and society. Although there have been numerous sociological and historical studies of violence and its origins, there is relatively little systematic analysis of violence within media representation, even as this issue becomes preeminent within public discourse. This anthology examines a number of issues related to violence within the media landscape, using various methodologies to suggest the implications of the increasing obsession with violence for postmodern civilization. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Pure Products of America | 23 |
The Honeymoon Killers | 39 |
Serial Killers True Crime and Economic | 65 |
The Lure | 85 |
The Politics of Apocalypse in the Cinema | 119 |
GENDER VIOLENCE AND MALE MADNESS | 145 |
Postmodern Violence and Masculinity | 175 |
Constructions | 301 |
OTHERNESS ALIENS AND TRAUMA | 317 |
Invasions Abductions | 345 |
Sex and Violence in Postmodern | 361 |
Postcolonialism | 381 |
Hard Target | 397 |
Sacrificial Violence and Postmodern Ideology | 413 |
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