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03202aam a2200349 i 4500 001 40EE88366B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130603s2013 enk bq 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013021273 020 $a 0230319416 (hardback) 020 $a 9780230319417 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)834978360 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d ERASA $d CDX $d YUS $d STF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN1995.9 S66955 J66 2013 084 $a SOC052000 $a SOC022000 $a SOC034000 $a SOC052000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Jones, Steve, $d 1979- 245 10 $a Torture porn : $b popular horror after Saw / $c Steve Jones, Northumbria University, UK. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2013. 300 $a ix, 232 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Lambasted by critics as a sign of censorial failure and even social decline, the horror subgenre known as 'torture porn' has generated a great deal of controversy during the last decade. Although torture porn films such as Saw, Hostel and The Human Centipede were highly successful and have become cultural touchstones, the term 'torture porn' remains synonymous with misogyny, obscenity and morally depravity. Arguing primarily in defense of these popular torture-themed horror films, this is the first book to offer a detailed critical examination of the 'torture porn' phenomenon, outlining the subgenre's lineage, scrutinizing responses to the sub-genre, and offering narrative analyses of the sub-genre's central box-office hits as well as the multitude of independent direct-to-DVD films that have followed in their footsteps. In doing so, this book seeks to unpick the relationships between 'porn', 'horror', 'immorality', and 'extremity'. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes filmography. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Introduction: 'Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare' -- PART I: 'TORTURE PORN' (CATEGORY) -- 1. 'The Past Catches Up to Everyone' -- Lineage and Nostalgia -- 2. 'Bend to our objectives' -- 'Torture Porn' as Press Discourse -- 3. 'No-one approves of what you're doing' -- Fans and Filmmakers -- PART II: 'TORTURE' (MORALITY) -- Introduction -- 4. 'Your story's real, and people feel that' -- Contextualising Torture -- 5. 'Some are Victims. Some are Predators. Some are Both' -- Torturous Positions -- 6. 'In the land of the pig, the butcher is king' -- Torture, Spaces, and Power -- PART III: 'PORN' (EXTREMITY) -- Introduction -- 7. 'Ladies first'? -- Torture Porn, Sex, and Misogyny -- 8. 'Why are you crying? Aren't you having fun?' -- Extreme Porn -- 9. 'You Will Not Believe Your Eyes...or Stomach' -- Hardcore Horror -- Conclusion: 'Will You Continue?' -- Beyond 'Torture Porn' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index. 650 0 $a Splatter films $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Horror films $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Torture in motion pictures. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210304012928.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=40EE88366B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search