| Description |
x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The appeal of violent sports / Allen Guttmann -- Death takes a holiday, sort of / Vicki Goldberg -- Immortal Kombat: war toys and violent video games / Jeffrey Goldstein -- "Violent delights" in children's literature / Maria Tatar -- Children's attraction to violent television programming / Joanne Cantor -- "A test for the individual viewer": Bonnie and Clyde's violent reception / J. Hoberman -- When screen violence is not attractive / Clark McCauley -- The presence of violence in religion / Maurice Bloch -- The psychology of the appeal of portrayals of violence / Dolf Zillmann -- Why we watch / Jeffrey Goldstein. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-253) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Violence in mass media.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Goldstein, Jeffrey H.
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| ISBN |
0195118200 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195118219 paperback alkaline paper |
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