The Subject Of Torture

Download or read book The Subject of Torture written by Hilary Neroni and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and "torture porn" feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation to the desiring subject. Her work ultimately showcases film and television studies' singular ability to expose and potentially disable the fantasies that sustain torture and the regimes that deploy it.