{"product_id":"aesthetic-violence-and-women-in-film-1","title":"Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAesthetic Violence and Women in Film \u003c\/em\u003eis a highly readable and timely analysis of the intersection of two recent cinematic trends in martial arts films: aesthetic violence and warrior women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kupfer establishes specific categories of aesthetic film violence, including hyper-violence, a visual style that emphasizes the sensuous surface of physical destruction and surreal violence, when spectacular imagery and gravity-defying dance replace blood and gore. He then goes on to outline the ascendancy during the past decades of female characters to the status of hero in action films. Interweaving these two subjects, the book reveals how women warriors instigate and animate the models of aesthetic violence introduced. The hyper-violence of \u003ci\u003eKill Bill\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the triumphs of the Bride, whose maiming and dismemberment of enemies produce brilliant red plumes and silvered geysers of blood. The surrealistic violence in \u003ci\u003eCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe House of Flying Daggers \u003c\/i\u003ecreatively elevates violence from earthbound mayhem to an enchanting aerial display of female-dominated acrobatics. Both film-stories\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eare driven by the plight and aspirations of female combatants, suggesting an affinity between women and the transfiguration of fighting wrought by surrealistic violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy elevating the significance of violence in action films and linking it together with the growing popularity of central female characters in this genre,\u003ci\u003e Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of interest to students and scholars in film studies, popular culture, gender studies, aesthetics, and social philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238141972824,"sku":"9780367886912","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367886912.jpg?v=1779173141","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/aesthetic-violence-and-women-in-film-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}