Title: The subject of torture
Description: Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and torture porn feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation to the desiring subject. Her work ultimately showcases film and television studies' singular ability to expose and potentially disable the fantasies that sustain torture and the regimes that deploy it.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Psychoanalysis and television, Psychoanalysis and motion pictures, Moral and ethical aspects, Torture in motion pictures, Television, Torture on television, Torture in mass media, Mass media, Motion pictures, moral and ethical aspects, Television broadcasting, moral and ethical aspects, Mass media, moral and ethical aspects