{"product_id":"offensive-films-mikita-brottman-9780826514912","title":"Offensive Films","description":"Brottman offers up a study of movies so offensive, some are practically unwatchable. From the ever-popular \u003ci\u003eFaces of Death\u003c\/i\u003e movies to purported snuff films, from classic B-movies such as \u003ci\u003eThe Tingler, \u003c\/i\u003e to more popular but no less controversial films such as The \u003ci\u003eTexas Chainsaw Massacre, \u003c\/i\u003e Brottman takes a wide-eyed look at movies most folks watch only through parted fingers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile most critics have been quick to dismiss such films as mere shock-fests (if they even bother to talk about them at all), Brottman argues that these movies tell us quite a bit about who we are as a society, what makes us anxious, and what taboos we truly believe cannot be crossed. Part anthropology, part psychoanalysis, \u003ci\u003eOffensive Films\u003c\/i\u003e vivisects these movies in order to figure out just what about them is so offensive, obscene, or bizarre. In the end, Brottman proves that these films, shunned from the cinematic canon, work on us in sophisticated ways we often choose to remain unaware of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mikita Brottman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082651491X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826514912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 291","brand":"Mikita Brottman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926598091007,"sku":"9780826514912","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2cc5497f-4b7b-4b90-8822-7ba64558d991.jpg?v=1681083970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/offensive-films-mikita-brottman-9780826514912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}