Cinema, Pain and Pleasure: Consent and the Controlled Body

Allen, Steven

From Tattoo to Saw, this book considers mainstream cinema's representation of the viscerally dominated and marked body. Examining a shift in the late twentieth century to narratives that highlight subjection, endurance and willed-acquiescence, it probes the confluence of pain, pleasure and consent to analyse the implications of the change.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-03-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230319387

DOI: 10.1057/9781137306692

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 233