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Introduction | p. 1 |
In the Discourse of Terrorism | |
Seeing Beyond Fear of Terrorism on the Web | p. 10 |
Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England | p. 25 |
In Cinema | |
Biblical Epic and the American State: The Traitor and Sanctified Violence in Esther and the King (1960) | p. 42 |
Cease to Exist: Manson Family Movies and Mysticism | p. 53 |
The End is...a Blockbuster: The Use and Abuse of the Apocalypse in Contemporary Film | p. 63 |
A Case Study: The Violence of The Passion of the Christ | |
Counterfictional Suffering: Authenticity and Artistry in The Passion of the Christ | p. 82 |
Controlling Passions: The Regulation, Censorship and Classification of the Violence in The Passion of the Christ within Britain | p. 93 |
The Passion as Media Spectacle | p. 103 |
Protest as Reaction, Reaction as Text: The (Con)Textual Logics of The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of the Christ | p. 112 |
In Sport | |
The Religious Significance of Violence in Football | p. 122 |
Cultivated Outrage: World Wrestling Entertainment and the Religious Excess of Violence | p. 135 |
Notes | p. 150 |
Bibliography | p. 158 |
Filmography | p. 173 |
Index | p. 175 |
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