Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film: Kill Bill with Flying Daggers

ISBN-13: 9780367886912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 100 str.

Joseph Kupfer

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).