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Why we watch : the attractions of violent entertainment

Author: Jeffrey H Goldstein
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines why there is a large market for violent entertainment in many widely varied aspects of American culture, including film, television, literature, video games, children's toys, and sports.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jeffrey H Goldstein
ISBN: 0195118200 9780195118209 0195118219 9780195118216
OCLC Number: 37640434
Description: x, 270 p. : ill. ; 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.
Responsibility: edited by Jeffrey Goldstein.
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Examines why there is a large market for violent entertainment in many widely varied aspects of American culture, including film, television, literature, video games, children's toys, and sports.

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