Author : Steven Allen
Release : 2013-03-28
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 696/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cinema, Pain and Pleasure by : Steven Allen
Download or read book Cinema, Pain and Pleasure written by Steven Allen. This book was released on 2013-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.