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Rape-Revenge Films : A Critical Study, 2d Ed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rape in motion pictures.
- Revenge in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- Often considered the lowest depth to which cinema can plummet, the rape-revenge film is broadly dismissed as fundamentally exploitative and sensational, catering only to a demented, regressive demographic.This second edition, ten years after the first, continues the assessment of these films and the discourse they provoke.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter One. The Rape-Revenge Film Canon
- Chapter Two. The Rape-Revenge Film Across Genres
- Chapter Three. The Rape-Revenge Film Around the World
- Chapter Four. Women Directed Rape-Revenge Films
- Afterword
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4490-X
- OCLC:
- 1245671764
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