Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment (Paperback)

Jeffrey Goldstein

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Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment Book Description

Why We Watch is the first book to offer a careful look at why we are drawn to depictions of violence and why there is so large a market for violent entertainment. This arresting collection of essays examines the presence of violent imagery not just in contemporary America but across time, from classical antiquity to the present, and not only in film and television but in a fascinating array of cultural domains, including literature, religion, fairy tales, video games, children's toys, photojournalism, and sports. Why We Watch addresses a crucial but rarely considered aspect of the media-violence problem: Why is violent imagery so prevalent? The distinguished contributors, hailing from fields such as anthropology, history, literary theory, psychology, communications, and film criticism, include Allen Guttmann, Vicki Goldberg, Maria Tatar, Joanne Cantor, J. Hoberman, Clark McCauley, Maurice Bloch, Dolf Zillmann, and the volume's editor, Jeffrey Goldstein. Together, they aim to define what is distinctive about the culture of violence.
Clear, accessible, and timely, this is a book for all who are concerned with the multiple points of access to violent representation.

About the Author :

Jeffrey Goldstein has contributed to Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment as an author. Professor Jeffrey Goldstein teaches in the Department of Mass Communication and the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. A well-known consultant on children and media, he is the author of Psychology: An Introduction (1997), Toys, Play, and
Child Development (1994), Aggression and Crimes of Violence (Oxford, 1986), and Sports Violence (1983).

Book Details

Title:	Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Author:	Jeffrey Goldstein
Edition:	Paperback
Language:	English
ISBN:	0195118219
EAN:	9780195118216
No. of Pages:	288
Publish Date:	1998-10-15
Binding:	Paperback

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