Theatres of Human Sacrifice: From Ancient Ritual to Screen ViolenceState University of New York Press, 18 Νοε 2004 - 275 σελίδες Contemporary debates about mass media violence tend to ignore the long history of staged violence in the theatres and rituals of many cultures. In Theatres of Human Sacrifice, Mark Pizzato relates the appeal and possible effects of screen violence todayin sports, movies, and television newsto specific sacrificial rites and performance conventions in ancient Greek, Aztec, and Roman culture. Using the psychoanalytic theories of Lacan, Kristeva, and Zðizûek, as well as the theatrical theories of Artaud and Brecht, the book offers insights into the ritual lures and effects of current mass media spectatorship, especially regarding the pleasures, purposes, and risks of violent display. Updating Aristotle's notion of catharsis, Pizzato identifies a sacrificial imperative within the human mind, structured by various patriarchal cultures and manifested in distinctive rites and dramas, with both positive and negative potential effects on their audiences. |
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... sacrifice and to my friend Tullio Maranhão who helped me find insight in the crossing of cultures may his crossing to the other world also be enlightening Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix PROLOGOS 1 Tragedy in Melodrama Theatre's Material.
... sacrifice and to my friend Tullio Maranhão who helped me find insight in the crossing of cultures may his crossing to the other world also be enlightening Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix PROLOGOS 1 Tragedy in Melodrama Theatre's Material.
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... spirit, especially regarding the issues of performative violence, sacrifice, and catharsis. I am not attempting to trace direct historical influences between media, nor to find universal paradigms. 6 THEATRES OF HUMAN SACRIFICE.
... spirit, especially regarding the issues of performative violence, sacrifice, and catharsis. I am not attempting to trace direct historical influences between media, nor to find universal paradigms. 6 THEATRES OF HUMAN SACRIFICE.
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... find universal paradigms. But I will compare key examples between various cultures and periods—opening views upon our own performance media, sacrificial identities, and possibilities for catharsis (or its backfire of mimetic violence) ...
... find universal paradigms. But I will compare key examples between various cultures and periods—opening views upon our own performance media, sacrificial identities, and possibilities for catharsis (or its backfire of mimetic violence) ...
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... find a continuing danger in the sacrificial simplicity of melodramatic victories over evil. This is not to deny melodrama's popular power and emotional expressiveness, especially for immigrant or international audiences, through visual ...
... find a continuing danger in the sacrificial simplicity of melodramatic victories over evil. This is not to deny melodrama's popular power and emotional expressiveness, especially for immigrant or international audiences, through visual ...
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... find a star's body actually near them, their ecstasy shows the sacrifice that each side makes, as materials for the creation of gods onscreen.32 The fans do not see the real person of the actor, while sacrificing themselves to his or ...
... find a star's body actually near them, their ecstasy shows the sacrifice that each side makes, as materials for the creation of gods onscreen.32 The fans do not see the real person of the actor, while sacrificing themselves to his or ...
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