Cinema of the dark side : atrocity and the ethics of film spectatorship /

Chaudhuri, Shohini,

Cinema of the dark side : atrocity and the ethics of film spectatorship / Shohini Chaudhuri. - v, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Documenting the dark side : fictional and documentary treatments of torture and the 'war on terror' -- History lessons : what audiences (could) learn about genocide from historical drama -- The art of disappearance : remembering political violence in Argentina and Chile -- Uninvited visitors : immigration, detention and deportation in science fiction -- Architectures of enmity : the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a cinematic lens.

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Human rights in motion pictures.
Violence in motion pictures.
Political violence in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.
Motion picture audiences.



791.43655 / CHA