Cinematic Terror takes a uniquely long view of filmmakers' depiction of terrorism, examining how cinema has been a site of intense conflict between paramilitaries, state authorities and censors for well over a century. In the process, it takes us on a journey from the first Age of Terror that helped trigger World War One to the Global War on Terror that divides countries and families today. Tony Shaw looks beyond Hollywood to pinpoint important trends in the ways that film industries across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East have defined terrorism down the decades. Drawing on a vast array of studio archives, government documentation, personal interviews and box office records, Shaw examines the mechanics of cinematic terrorism and challenges assumptions about the links between political violence and propaganda.
Autorentext
Tony Shaw is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is an internationally-recognized expert in the fields of history, film and propaganda.
Klappentext
Cinematic Terror takes a uniquely long view of filmmakers' depiction of terrorism, examining how cinema has been a site of intense conflict between paramilitaries, state authorities and censors for well over a century. In the process, it takes us on a journey from the first Age of Terror that helped trigger World War One to the Global War on Terror that divides countries and families today.
Tony Shaw looks beyond Hollywood to pinpoint important trends in the ways that film industries across Europe, North and South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East have defined terrorism down the decades. Drawing on a vast array of studio archives, government documentation, personal interviews and box office records, Shaw examines the mechanics of cinematic terrorism and challenges assumptions about the links between political violence and propaganda.
Inhalt
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Silent revolutionaries
Chapter 2. Agents of suspense
Chapter 3. Symbols of resistance
Chapter 4. Epic freedom fighters
Chapter 5. Newsreel guerrillas
Chapter 6. Docu-death squads
Chapter 7. Schlock and awe
Chapter 8. Avant-garde narcissists
Chapter 9. Serial killers
Chapter 10. Bollywood's communalists
Chapter 11. Biopics for peace
Chapter 12. Networked jihadists
Chapter 13. Suicide victims in close-up
Chapter 14. YouTube monsters
Conclusion
Bibliography
Filmography