单词 | the pornography of violence |
释义 | > as lemmasthe pornography of violence b. In extended use. the pornography of violence: the explicit description or depiction of violence in a manner intended to stimulate or excite. ΚΠ 1956 A. Kaplan in S. Hook Amer. Philosophers at Work 415 The pornography of violence is more widespread in our culture than all the other categories of obscenity put together. 1967 Esquire July 59 I speak of the new pornography, the pornography of violence... In the new pornography, the theme is not sex. The new pornography depicts practitioners acting out another, murkier drive: people staving teeth in, ripping guts open, blowing brains out, and getting even with all those bastards. 1995 P. Bourgois In search of Respect (1997) Introd. 18 I do not know if it is possible for me to present the story of my three and a half years of residence in El Barrio without falling prey to a pornography of violence. < as lemmas |
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