Violent depictions : representing violence across cultures /

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Imprint:Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, ©2006.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 209 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Violent crimes -- Cross-cultural studies.
Violence -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Violence in literature.
Violence in mass media.
Violence -- Cross-cultural studies.
Violence in society.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Violence.
Violence in literature.
Violence in mass media.
Violence -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Violent crimes.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226178
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Other authors / contributors:McDonald, Sarah.
Scarparo, Susanna, 1970-
ISBN:9781443808927
144380892X
9781847180995
184718099X
1282192531
9781282192539
9786612192531
6612192534
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary:Anything and everything may come under the rubric of violence in a society that is by and large addicted to the images of violence that are an inescapable part of contemporary reality. In the wake of recent international events, many have come to accept the perpetration of violence as morally acceptable and a just enterprise towards peace. But what is violence? How do we identify something or somebody as violent? Is violence justifiable? If so, under what circumstances? Violent Depictions add ...
Other form:Print version: Scarparo, Susanna. Violent Depictions : Representing Violence Across Cultures. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2007 9781847180995