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Why we watch : the attractions of violent entertainment / edited by Jeffrey Goldstein.

Title
Why we watch : the attractions of violent entertainment / edited by Jeffrey Goldstein.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors
Goldstein, Jeffrey H.
Description
x, 270 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
This collection of essays examines the many facets of violence in contemporary American culture, ranging across literature, film, philosophy, photojournalism and other media. It offers a consideration of why we are drawn to depictions of violence and why there is a market for violent entertainment.
Subject
  • Violence in mass media
  • Popular culture > United States
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-253) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The appeal of violent sports / Allen Guttmann -- Death takes a holiday, sort of / Vicki Goldberg -- Immortal Kombat: war toys and violent video games / Jeffrey Goldstein -- "Violent delights" in children's literature / Maria Tatar -- Children's attraction to violent television programming / Joanne Cantor -- "A test for the individual viewer": Bonnie and Clyde's violent reception / J. Hoberman -- When screen violence is not attractive / Clark McCauley -- The presence of violence in religion / Maurice Bloch -- The psychology of the appeal of portrayals of violence / Dolf Zillmann -- Why we watch / Jeffrey Goldstein.
ISBN
  • 0195118200 (alk. paper)
  • 0195118219 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781423739012 (electronic bk.)
LCCN
^^^97033066^
OCLC
  • 37640434
  • SCSB-10091262
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library