Horrorism naming contemporary violence
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- ISBN: 9780231144568 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0231144563 (hard cover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780231519175 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0231519176 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 154 pages).
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electronic resource - Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
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General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.03.13 Translated from the Italian. CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-154). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Etymologies : "terror", or, on surviving -- Etymologies : "horror", or, on dismembering -- On war -- The howl of Medusa -- The vulnerability of the helpless -- The crime of Medea -- Horrorism, or, on violence against the helpless -- Those who have seen the Gorgon -- Auschwitz, or, on extreme horror -- Erotic carnages -- So mutilated that it might be the body of a pig -- The warrior's pleasure -- Worldwide aggressiveness -- For a history of terror -- Suicidal horrorism -- When the bomb is a woman's body -- Female torturers grinning at the camera. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society Terrorism Terrorism Geweld PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Deconstruction Terrorismus Horror SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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