Bibliograph

The art of cruelty, a reckoning, Maggie Nelson

Type

Label

The art of cruelty, a reckoning, Maggie Nelson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The art of cruelty

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

668194794

Responsibility statement

Maggie Nelson

Sub title

a reckoning

Summary

Discusses 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

Table Of Contents

Styles of imprisonment -- Theaters of cruelty -- Great to watch -- Captivity, catharsis -- 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

resource.variantTitle

Reckoning

Classification