Author: Goldstein, Jeffrey; editor:
Title: Why We Watch: The Attractions of Violent Entertainment
Description: New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998. orig.boards. 23x16cm, x, 270 pp, Two small ink marks to bottom page-edge. Several small spots to cover. Bound (by publisher) without free end. Minor rubbing. Binding corner bump. VG. ¶ Contains 10 papers. Includes: Allen Guttmann "The Appeal of Violent Sports"; V. Goldberg "Death Takes a Holiday, Sort Of"; J. Goldstein "Immortal Kombat: War Toys & Violent Video Games"; M. Tatar " 'Violent Delights' in Children's Literature"; J. Cantor "Children's Attraction to Violent Television Programming"; J. Hoberman "'A Test for the Individual Viewer': Bonnie and Clyde's Violent Reception"; C. McCauley "When Screen Violence is Not Attractive"; M. Bloch "The Presence of Violence in Religion"; D. Zillmann "The Psychology of the Appeal of Portrayals of Violence"; J. Goldstein "Why We Watch".

Keywords: Popular Culture, Mass Media, United States, Communication, Violence Literature, Social History, Sociology Critical, Literary Criticism, Television Video