{"product_id":"sensational-subjects-john-jervis-9781472535597","title":"Sensational Subjects: The Dramatization of Experience in the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnder what conditions does 'sensation' become 'sensational'? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early nineteenth century murder was a staple of the sensationalizing popular press and gruesome descriptions were deployed to make a direct impact on the sensations of the reader. By the end of the century, public concern with the thrills, spills, and shocks of modern life was increasingly articulated in the language of sensation. Media sensationalism contributed to this process and magnified its impact, just as sensation was, in turn, taken up by literature, art and film. In the contemporary world the dramatization of these experiences in an era of media panics over terrorism and paedophilia has taken an overtly melodramatic form, in which battles of good and evil play out across the landscapes of our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSensational Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e develops an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to exploring these themes, their impact and their implications for understanding the modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA companion volume, \u003ci\u003eSympathetic Sentiments: Affect, Emotion and Spectacle in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e is published simultaneously by Bloomsbury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Jervis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472535596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472535597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"John Jervis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485276090623,"sku":"9781472535597","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fcfa154-9292-4b2a-8977-c3e6057e6464.jpg?v=1778048971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sensational-subjects-john-jervis-9781472535597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}