ISBN: 9780791484234

Provides insight into the ritual lures and effects of mass media spectatorship, especially regarding the pleasures, risks, and purposes of violent display. Contemporary debates about mass… Mehr…

Provides insight into the ritual lures and effects of mass media spectatorship, especially regarding the pleasures, risks, and purposes of violent display. Contemporary debates about mass media violence tend to ignore the long history of staged violence in the theatres and rituals of many cultures. In Theatres of Human Sacrifice, Mark Pizzato relates the appeal and possible effects of screen violence today?in sports, movies, and television news?to specific sacrificial rites and performance conventions in ancient Greek, Aztec, and Roman culture. Using the psychoanalytic theories of Lacan, Kristeva, and Zðizûek, as well as the theatrical theories of Artaud and Brecht, the book offers insights into the ritual lures and effects of current mass media spectatorship, especially regarding the pleasures, purposes, and risks of violent display. Updating Aristotle's notion of catharsis, Pizzato identifies a sacrificial imperative within the human mind, structured by various patriarchal cultures and manifested in distinctive rites and dramas, with both positive and negative potential effects on their audiences. Mark Pizzato is Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the author of Edges of Loss: From Modern Drama to Postmodern Theory. From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence SUNY Press Popular Culture 9780791462591 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Social Sciences, State University of New York Press<

ISBN: 9780791484234

Contemporary debates about mass media violence tend to ignore the long history of staged violence in the theatres and rituals of many cultures. In Theatres of Human Sacrifice, Mark Pizzat… Mehr…

Contemporary debates about mass media violence tend to ignore the long history of staged violence in the theatres and rituals of many cultures. In Theatres of Human Sacrifice, Mark Pizzato relates the appeal and possible effects of screen violence today?in sports, movies, and television news?to specific sacrificial rites and performance conventions in ancient Greek, Aztec, and Roman culture. Using the psychoanalytic theories of Lacan, Kristeva, and Zoizûek, as well as the theatrical theories of Artaud and Brecht, the book offers insights into the ritual lures and effects of current mass media spectatorship, especially regarding the pleasures, purposes, and risks of violent display. Updating Aristotle's notion of catharsis, Pizzato identifies a sacrificial imperative within the human mind, structured by various patriarchal cultures and manifested in distinctive rites and dramas, with both positive and negative potential effects on their audiences. Digital Content>E-books>Social Sciences>Cultural Studies>Cultural Studies, State University of New York Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780791484234

Theatres of Human Sacrifice - From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence: ab 35.49 € eBooks > Kunst, Musik & Design State University of New York Press eBook als pdf, State University of New Y… Mehr…

Theatres of Human Sacrifice - From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence: ab 35.49 € eBooks > Kunst, Musik & Design State University of New York Press eBook als pdf, State University of New York Press<

ISBN: 9780791484234

Theatres of Human Sacrifice - From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence: ab 34.99 € eBooks > Kunst, Musik & Design State University of New York Press eBook als pdf, State University of New Y… Mehr…

Theatres of Human Sacrifice - From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence: ab 34.99 € eBooks > Kunst, Musik & Design State University of New York Press eBook als pdf, State University of New York Press<

ISBN: 9780791484234

Theatres of Human Sacrifice - From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence: ab 32.49 € eBooks > Kunst, Musik & Design State University of New York Press, State University of New York Press