{"product_id":"violence-in-the-films-of-stephen-king-9781793635792","title":"Violence in the Films of Stephen King","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King’s work—ranging from the earliest films in the King canon to his most recent iterations—through a variety of lenses. Investigating the diverse and varying roles that violence continues to play as both the level of violence and the gendered depictions of violence have evolved, many of the contributors come to the conclusion that King’s films have grown more violent over time. This book also examines the fine line between necessary violence and sensationalist violence, discussing the complexity of determining what constitutes violence with a narrative and ethical significance versus violence intended solely to titillate, repulse, or otherwise draw an emotional reaction from viewers. Scholars of film studies, horror studies, literary studies, and gender studies will find this book particularly useful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the finest collections of essays on Stephen King's films ever published. Highly readable, immensely informative, and wonderfully perceptive. The editors have assembled a stellar selection of articles from the finest King scholars. If you enjoy Stephen King, then I would strongly suggest you make room on your bookshelf for this volume. It is indispensable.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence in the Films of Stephen King is not just a timely study, but a necessary one. Poised at the intersection of aesthetics and ethics, the volume's chapters ask the hard questions of King adaptations: when is violence necessary? When is it simply gratuitous? Under what conditions (if any) is violence OK? And what pleasures do viewers derive from it? This significant volume will be essential reading not just for those interested in King, but also for those preoccupied with larger issues of violence and justice, and their representation on screen.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael J. Blouin and Tony Magistrale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Stephen King’s Carrie: Victim No More?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah E. Turner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. An American Hyde: Stephen King’s A Good Marriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Magistrale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Mad Lady: Racial and Sexual Violence in Mick Garris’s Bag of Bones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhoenix Crockett and Stephen Indrisano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Cujo, the Black Man, and the Story of Patty Hearst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Nilsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. King of Pain: Exposing the Raw, “Unpleasant Truth” of Stephen King’s Use of Extreme Violence in Doctor Sleep \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Findley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Violence Persists: Muschietti’s IT Films and a Sadistic Status Quo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael J. Blouin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. “Cut You Up into Little Pieces”: Ghosts \u0026amp; Violence in Kubrick’s The Shining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanel Olson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Tempered Violence in Frank Darabont’s Adaptations of Stephen King: The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaura Grady\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Hiding in Plain Sight: Watching and the Unconscious in Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes Trilogy on Page and Screen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Kent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Political Allegory and the Plague of Violence in the Television Adaptation of The Outsider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip L. Simpson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. The Invasive Gaze: Surveillance Camera Shots in Flanagan's Doctor Sleep and Price's The Outsider\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Muller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. “Murder is Damnation, But Murder is Also Work”: Violence, Patriarchy, and the Work Ethic in 1922\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Clemence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Lost in the Supermarket: When “The Mist” Fogs Our Mind . . . When Basic Emotions Transform into Monstrous Acts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Reuber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Stephen King’s Big Driver: A Utopian Road to Justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick McAleer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042670051671,"sku":"9781793635792","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793635792.jpg?v=1750955100","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violence-in-the-films-of-stephen-king-9781793635792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}