Why we watch : the attractions of violent entertainment /

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Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Description:1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140451
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Other authors / contributors:Goldstein, Jeffrey H.
ISBN:1602562563
9781602562561
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Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-253) and indexes.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Why we watch. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 0195118200 0195118219