Joseph Kupfer

Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film

Kill Bill with Flying Daggers

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Produktbeschreibung

Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film is a highly readable and timely analysis of the intersection of two recent cinematic trends in martial arts films: aesthetic violence and warrior women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 127g
• ISBN-13: 9780367886912
• ISBN-10: 036788691X
• Artikelnr.: 58439546

Autorenporträt

Joseph H. Kupfer is University Professor Philosophy at Iowa State University, USA, where he teaches ethics, aesthetics, and medical ethics. Recent articles deal with virtue, sainthood, and philosophy in film. His previous book was Meta-Narrative in the Movies: Tell Me a Story (2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Aestheticized violence
Chapter 2 Women warriors: the rise of female control
Chapter 3 Hyper-violence: the thrill of Kill Bill
Chapter 4 Surrealistic violence: no muscles
no splatter
Chapter 5 Surrealistic violence: women warriors unite
Index