Cinematic terror
Subtitle: a global history of terrorism on film
By: Tony Shaw
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781441107084; 9781441196200
Subjects: Motion pictures; Political aspects; Political violence in motion pictures; Terrorism in motion pictures
Description: "The first history of cinema's treatment of terrorism from the birth of film to today"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-303), filmography (pages 304-306) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Silent revolutionaries; title: Agents of suspense; title: Symbols of resistance; title: Epic freedom fighters; title: Newsreel guerrillas; title: Docu-death squads; title: Schlock and awe; title: Avant-garde narcissists; title: Serial killers; title: Bollywood's communalists; title: Biopics for peace; title: Networked jihadists; title: Suicide victims in close-up; title: YouTube monsters; title: Conclusion.