BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

The Blood Poets: A Cinema of Savagery, 1958-1999, Volume I
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Blood Poets: A Cinema of Savagery, 1958-1999, Volume I Hardback - 1999

by Jake Horsley

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for The Blood Poets: A Cinema of Savagery, 1958-1999, Volume I

From the publisher

Increasingly, society questions the connection between violence in entertainment and violence in life. Moralists and censors would reply resoundingly that media violence and social violence are directly linked, but others ask the deeper question: Why do people feel the need to create images of violence, and why do audiences continually watch them? In this thought-provoking and insightful study of American violent cinema, author Jake Horsley attempts to answer these questions by tying together the multiple disciplines of psychology, criminology, censorship, and anthropology.

Horsley divides the forty years of his study into two volumes: American Chaos: From Touch of Evil to The Terminator, and Millennial Blues: From Apocalypse Now to The Matrix. These volumes aim to provide both a critical overview of the films themselves and a cultural study of the social and psychological factors relating to the demand for screen violence. By doing so, Horsley raises a new dialogue between scholars and movie buffs to examine the need to portray and the need to watch violent films.

Details

  • Title The Blood Poets: A Cinema of Savagery, 1958-1999, Volume I
  • Author Jake Horsley
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press
  • Publication date 1999-11
  • ISBN 9780810836679 / 081083667X
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.72 x 1.11 in (22.35 x 14.53 x 2.82 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures - United States, Violence in motion pictures
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99030715
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

About the author

Jake Horsley is a digital filmmaker, who has written three books on film. His latest, Matrix Warrior: Being the One, was published in 2003.

More Copies for Sale

The Blood Poets
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Blood Poets

by Horsley, Jake

  • Used
  • Hardback
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780810836679 / 081083667X
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$94.15
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Scarecrow Press, 1999-11-17. hardcover. Used: Good. 5.72x1.02x8.80. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$94.15
Free Delivery to USA
The Blood Poets
Stock photo: cover may vary

The Blood Poets

by Horsley, Jake

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780810836679 / 081083667X
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$154.84
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$154.84
Free Delivery to USA