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Why We Watch : The Attractions of Violent Entertainment.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (283 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198027904
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why We WatchDDC classification:
  • 303.6/0973
LOC classification:
  • P96.V52.W49 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Appeal of Violent Sports -- 2 Death Takes a Holiday, Sort Of -- 3 Immortal Kombat: War Toys and Violent Video Games -- 4 "Violent Delights" in Children's Literature -- 5 Children's Attraction to Violent Television Programming -- 6 "A Test for the Individual Viewer": Bonnie and Clyde's Violent Reception -- 7 When Screen Violence Is Not Attractive -- 8 The Presence of Violence in Religion -- 9 The Psychology of the Appeal of Portrayals of Violence -- 10 Why We Watch -- References -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Appeal of Violent Sports -- 2 Death Takes a Holiday, Sort Of -- 3 Immortal Kombat: War Toys and Violent Video Games -- 4 "Violent Delights" in Children's Literature -- 5 Children's Attraction to Violent Television Programming -- 6 "A Test for the Individual Viewer": Bonnie and Clyde's Violent Reception -- 7 When Screen Violence Is Not Attractive -- 8 The Presence of Violence in Religion -- 9 The Psychology of the Appeal of Portrayals of Violence -- 10 Why We Watch -- References -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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