The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media:
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Prologue.............................................................ix
Introduction..........................................................1
1. Violence at the Speed of Live : The Televirtuality of 9/11 and
Rebuking the Frame of (Re) Presentation............................. 19
Deja vu and the Inadequacy of Fantasy.............................23
The Audio of the Image...........................................26
Emotions and the Breakdown of Narrative Authority.................31
The (Im) Perfection of the Virtual and the Assumption of Global
Homogeneity.................................................36
2. We Can t Believe It s Not Butter : Polemical Violence and
Faking Authenticity............................................... 45
Series 7: The Contenders......................................... 47
Audience Reception and Textual Interdiscursivity................... 56
Editing Versus Authenticity...................................... 58
Bowling for Columbine and Editing the Polemical................... 59
Norma Khouri and the Hoax as Reader Seduction .................. 70
3. It Is a True Story but It Might Not Have Happened :
Voyeurism and Fiction in the True Crime Narrative................... 80
Sensationalism................................................. 82
Audience Voyeurism and Forensic Actuality ....................... 86
Illusory Forensic Authenticity in Law Order ..................... 94
The Author s Story Versus the Murderer s.......................... 99
Taking Sides in joe Cinques Consolation.......................... 104
viii Contents
4. Show Business or Dirty Business?: The Theatrics of Mafia Narrative
and Empathy for the Last Mob Boss Standing in The Sopranos........ Ill
Gangsters On and Off the Screen................................ 114
The Sopranos and Performativity ................................ 117
Tony Performing Tony......................................... 121
5. Solving Problems with Sharp Objects : Female Empowerment,
Sex, and Violence in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer....................... 126
Sharing Gender Roles...........................................129
Violence and Buffy s Emotions....................................132
Violence and the Erotics of Shame................................138
Female Empowerment and the Almost Rape......................142
6. Getting Kicks from Action Pix : Righteous Violence and
the Choreographed Body in F(l)ight ............................... 150
Fightable Moments..............................................156
The Flying Body................................................158
Pause for Applause..............................................159
The Invulnerable Body..........................................162
Killer Schlock..................................................167
The Dance of the Parodied Body..................................172
7. It s Just Detail : Flaying the Sacred and Prosthetic,
Pixilated and Animated Violence in the Hyperreal....................175
Hyperrealism..................................................178
Violence Against the Sacred in the Hyperreal.......................180
The Sacred and the Pixilated Dismemberment of the Body...........187
The Simpsons and Flaying the Sacred in Satire.......................192
Conclusion .......................................................202
Epilogue .........................................................208
Notes ............................................................211
Bibliography......................................................269
Index ............................................................297
The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and
research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on soci¬
ety. In this innovative and highly engaging book, Gwyn Symonds takes this significant
topic one step further: studying the aesthetics of media violence. By defining key terms
like the graphic nature and authenticity of violent representations, and discussing
how those definitions are linked to actual violence outside the film and television screen,
Symonds demonstrates that the debate on the effects of violence cannot be conducted
without recognizing the vast generic and textual variety that characterizes the represen¬
tation of violence in contemporary media.
The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media fills an important gap in the current litera¬
ture. Symonds uses existing studies for the empirical audience reception data, together
with discussions of different representations of violence, to look at violence in the media
as an art form in itself. By looking at a range of examples from The Simpsons to The Passion
of the Christ and The Sopranos, Symonds cross-analyzes violence in multiple media to see
its affective role in audience reception.
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Contents
Prologue.ix
Introduction.1
1. "Violence at the Speed of Live": The Televirtuality of 9/11 and
Rebuking the Frame of (Re) Presentation. 19
Deja vu and the Inadequacy of Fantasy.23
The Audio of the Image.26
Emotions and the Breakdown of Narrative Authority.31
The (Im) Perfection of the Virtual and the Assumption of Global
Homogeneity.36
2. "We Can't Believe It's Not Butter": Polemical Violence and
Faking Authenticity. 45
Series 7: The Contenders. 47
Audience Reception and Textual Interdiscursivity. 56
Editing Versus Authenticity. 58
Bowling for Columbine and Editing the Polemical. 59
Norma Khouri and the Hoax as Reader Seduction . 70
3. "It Is a True Story but It Might Not Have Happened":
Voyeurism and Fiction in the True Crime Narrative. 80
Sensationalism. 82
Audience Voyeurism and Forensic Actuality . 86
Illusory Forensic Authenticity in Law Order . 94
The Author s Story Versus the Murderer s. 99
Taking Sides in joe Cinques Consolation. 104
viii Contents
4. Show Business or Dirty Business?: The Theatrics of Mafia Narrative
and Empathy for the Last Mob Boss Standing in The Sopranos. Ill
Gangsters On and Off the Screen. 114
The Sopranos and Performativity . 117
Tony Performing Tony. 121
5. "Solving Problems with Sharp Objects": Female Empowerment,
Sex, and Violence in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. 126
Sharing Gender Roles.129
Violence and Buffy's Emotions.132
Violence and the Erotics of Shame.138
Female Empowerment and the "Almost" Rape.142
6. "Getting Kicks from Action Pix": Righteous Violence and
the Choreographed Body in F(l)ight . 150
Fightable Moments.156
The Flying Body.158
Pause for Applause.159
The Invulnerable Body.162
Killer Schlock.167
The Dance of the Parodied Body.172
7. "It's Just Detail": Flaying the Sacred and Prosthetic,
Pixilated and Animated Violence in the Hyperreal.175
Hyperrealism.178
Violence Against the Sacred in the Hyperreal.180
The Sacred and the Pixilated Dismemberment of the Body.187
The Simpsons and Flaying the Sacred in Satire.192
Conclusion .202
Epilogue .208
Notes .211
Bibliography.269
Index .297
The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and
research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on soci¬
ety. In this innovative and highly engaging book, Gwyn Symonds takes this significant
topic one step further: studying the aesthetics of media violence. By defining key terms
like the "graphic" nature and "authenticity" of violent representations, and discussing
how those definitions are linked to actual violence outside the film and television screen,
Symonds demonstrates that the debate on the effects of violence cannot be conducted
without recognizing the vast generic and textual variety that characterizes the represen¬
tation of violence in contemporary media.
The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media fills an important gap in the current litera¬
ture. Symonds uses existing studies for the empirical audience reception data, together
with discussions of different representations of violence, to look at violence in the media
as an art form in itself. By looking at a range of examples from The Simpsons to The Passion
of the Christ and The Sopranos, Symonds cross-analyzes violence in multiple media to see
its affective role in audience reception. |
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