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Violent depictions : representing violence across cultures / edited by Susanna Scarparo and Sarah McDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence--Cross-cultural studies.
- Violence.
- Violent crimes--Cross-cultural studies.
- Violent crimes.
- Violence--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Violence in literature.
- Violence in mass media.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Anything and everything may come under the rubric of violence in a society that is by and large addicted to the images of violence that are an inescapable part of contemporary reality. In the wake of recent international events, many have come to accept the perpetration of violence as morally acceptable and a just enterprise towards peace. But what is violence? How do we identify something or somebody as violent? Is violence justifiable? If so, under what circumstances? Violent Depictions add...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Women and violence
- pt. 2. Visual violence
- pt. 3. The ghosts of violence.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19253-1
- 9786612192531
- 1-4438-0892-X
- OCLC:
- 827209387
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