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Narrating Violence in Post-9/11 Action Cinema

Terrorist Narratives, Cinematic Narration, and Referentiality

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  1. Berenike Jung
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  • Terrorist Narratives, Cinematic Narration, and Referentiality

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-12
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  2. Introduction

    • Berenike Jung
    Pages 13-23

  3. The Films

    • Berenike Jung
    Pages 25-111

  4. Conclusion

    • Berenike Jung
    Pages 113-120

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 121-130
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About this book

This work discusses the way in which action movies have responded to the visual and narrative challenge of depicting terrorist violence after 9/11, when the spectacular representation of terrorist violence – and by extension the consumers of these imagers – was considered as complicit behaviour. If terrorism is theatre, who goes to see the show? A close-reading of exemplary movies (V for Vendetta, Munich, and Children of Men) concentrates on three key aspects: How is terrorist violence justified, especially in comparison to other forms of violence? How is the audience implicitly positioned? And finally, what is the role and scope of the films’ visual short-cuts, iconic “real” images such as those from the Abu Ghraib prison? The results reaffirm popular movies' power of working through traumatic events as well as their capacity to articulate a valid political critique. Instead of inventing or preceding real acts of violence, cinema can document, witness, and encourage the spectator to explore unorthodox viewing positions and moral dilemma. This interdisciplinary work is addressed to students of Philosophy, the Humanities, Cinema, American, or Cultural Studies as well as to the interested public.

About the author

Berenike Jung studied Comparative Literature, Cinema, and North American Studies in Berlin, New York, and Paris. She works as a journalist and author with a focus on film and media.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Narrating Violence in Post-9/11 Action Cinema

  • Book Subtitle: Terrorist Narratives, Cinematic Narration, and Referentiality

  • Authors: Berenike Jung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92602-5

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-17510-2Published: 30 September 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-92602-5Published: 08 September 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 130

  • Topics: Sociology of Culture, Sociology, general, Media Research, Communication Studies

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