00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217613532761 Buklod 20201103162014.0 t r 000 0 ta 160120s2015 enka rb |001 0|eng d 9781472535597 (paperback) (iLib)UPD-00519870586 MC-27164 Forefront Php1,531.60 Prof. L. Tangi, Prof. D. Labiste DLC DMC rda eng DMLUC B 831.2 J47 2015 Jervis, John 1946- author. Sensational subjects the dramatization of experience in the modern world John Jervis. London Bloomsbury Academic 2015. xi, 230 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier The WISH list Includes bibliographical references and index. Sensation and sensationalism -- Sensational processes -- The aesthetics of sensation -- The distractions of the modern -- Cinematic sensation : the sublime and the spectacle -- Sensational affect -- The melodrama of the modern. Under what conditions does 'sensation' become 'sensational'? In the early nineteenth century murder was a staple of the sensationalizing popular press and gruesome descriptions were deployed to make a direct impact on the sensations of the reader. By the end of the century, public concern with the thrills, spills, and shocks of modern life was increasingly articulated in the language of sensation. Media sensationalism contributed to this process and magnified its impact, just as sensation was, in turn, taken up by literature, art and film. In the contemporary world the dramatization of these experiences in an era of media panics over terrorism and paedophilia has taken an overtly melodramatic form, in which battles of good and evil play out across the landscapes of our lives. Sensational Subjects develops an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to exploring these themes, their impact and their implications for understanding the modern world. A companion volume, Sympathetic Sentiments: Affect, Emotion and Spectacle in the Modern World is published simultaneously by Bloomsbury. Postmodernism Psychological aspects. Experience. Culture Psychological aspects. Mass media and culture Psychological aspects. Spectacular, The Psychological aspects. WISH list. FO UPD DMC B 831.2 J47 2015 Book