{"product_id":"cinema-of-the-dark-side-atrocity-and-the-ethics-of-film-spectatorship-9781474400428","title":"Cinema of the Dark Side: Atrocity and the Ethics of Film Spectatorship","description":"\u003cp\u003eA ground-breaking comparative analysis of cinematic images of atrocity, combining critical perspectives on contemporary film and human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA few days after 9\/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in its global 'War on Terror'. \u003ci\u003eCinema of the Dark Side\u003c\/i\u003e explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternative ones. Asserting a crucial distinction between morality and ethics, it proposes a new conceptualisation of human rights cinema, one that repositions human rights morality within an ethical framework that reflects upon the causes and contexts of violence. It builds upon theories of embodied perception to offer a new perspective on the ethics of spectatorship, providing readers with fresh insights into how we respond to atrocity images and the ethical issues at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCovering a diverse spectrum of 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century cinema, this book deals with documentary and fictional representations of atrocity such as state-sanctioned torture, genocide, enforced disappearance, deportation, and apartheid. It features close analysis of contemporary films, including \u003ci\u003eZero Dark Thirty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStandard Operating Procedure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel Rwanda\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSometimes in April\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNostalgia for the Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChronicle of an Escape\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChildren of Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDistrict 9\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaltz With Bashir\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadise Now\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3713819\"\u003eShohini Chaudhuri\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474400428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474400426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004030\"\u003eFilm | History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShohini Chaudhuri is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex. She has previously published two books - Contemporary World Cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia (2005) and Feminist Film Theorists (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572550562029,"sku":"9781474400428","price":53.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b099991d-ecc8-48f2-85c8-673cf15b805c.jpg?v=1701964560","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/cinema-of-the-dark-side-atrocity-and-the-ethics-of-film-spectatorship-9781474400428","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}