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008 240813s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng d
020 _a9780393072150
082 0 0 _a701 NEL
100 1 _aNelson, Maggie
_d, 1973-
245 1 4 _aThe art of cruelty
_b: a reckoning
_c/ Maggie Nelson
246 3 0 _aReckoning
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York
_b: W.W. Norton & Co.
_c, c2011
300 _a288 p.
_c; 22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aStyles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Catharsis, captivity -- Everything is nice -- They're only dolls -- The golden rule -- Nobody said no -- The brutality of fact -- Who we are -- A situation of meat -- Precariousness -- Inflicted -- Face -- Rings of action -- Rarer and better things.
520 _aDiscusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel.
546 _aEnglish
650 0 _aCruelty in art
650 0 _aArt
_x--Moral and ethical aspects
942 _cMO
999 _c262082
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