1st Edition
Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film Kill Bill with Flying Daggers
By Joseph Kupfer
Copyright 2018
100 Pages
by
Routledge
100 Pages
by
Routledge
100 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. Joseph Kupfer establishes specific categories of aesthetic film violence, including hyper-violence, a visual style that emphasizes the sensuous surface of physical destruction and surreal violence,... Read more
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
Biography
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).
