Visualizing violence in francophone cultures / edited by Magali Compan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Compan, Magali, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in art.

Violence--French-speaking countries.

Violence.

Violence in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Visualizing Violence in Francophone Cultures brings together two complex and powerful loci of meaning: violence and the visual. As such, it offers a comprehensive overview from which one can gain a better understanding of the complexity of the visual rhetoric of violence. The visual representations of violence explored in this volume include both fictional works, including, for example, narrative films, graphic novels, and theatre, and non-fictional genres, such as news media and cultural artifacts. This volume's strength is also grounded in its interdisciplinary approach; by bringing together

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Part II

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Bibliography

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 27, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8488-X

OCLC:

925499572