Pornographies of violence? Internet spectatorship on body horror

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-111

  Tait, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body horror; Internet; Spectatorship; War; Witnessing

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949149711     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030701851148     Document Type: Article

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