Extreme in contemporary culture, the: states of vulnerability
Auteur :
Nayar, Pramod K.
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781783483655
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2017
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
408 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examines extremity as a political and cultural phenomenon in the late 20th and early 21st century. It argues that we can discern a ‘continuum of extremes/extremity’ on which we may locate practices as diverse as Abu Ghraib, extreme sports, biomedical TV series and horror films.