[Commlist] New book about death, film and digital media

Framing Death. La morte in diretta, tra cinema e media digitali is 
available from Bononia University Press, the first volume of the newly 
launched Alphabet Series, through which the University of Bologna and 
Bononia University Press enhance the theses of the Alma Mater’s research 
doctorates.**

The book investigates the relationship between production and 
consumption of audiovisual content considered “extreme” because it has 
exploited, with a mix of cynicism and promotional skills, the occurrence 
of death taken on camera.

By linking studies on cinema and digital media with research in the 
field of thanatology, and by focusing on subgenres that have gone from 
being banned objects to being considered cult products by specific niche 
audiences, the book reconstructs urban legends that are still widely 
circulated, as well as tragic events that mix crime news and documentary 
cinema.

Starting from the origins of cinema, the book analyses promotional 
strategies and the international critical reception of films that in the 
past were censored and at the same time avidly collected. The study 
considers the impact of technology and the dissemination of images of 
death: from the Zapruder film to the birth of the so-called shock sites, 
from the War Porn phenomenon to killers who maliciously use social media 
to perpetrate their crimes. The research starts from one of the most 
controversial questions: why are we fascinated by content considered 
unacceptable and morbid? From snuff movies and shockumentaries to 
certain manifestations of contemporary art, from the "necroculture" to 
terrorism, this is a journey through the chaos of death in the digital age.

The digital Open Access version of the book can be downloaded free of 
charge from the publisher’s website at this link: 
https://buponline.com/prodotto/framing-death/ 
<https://buponline.com/prodotto/framing-death/>

Key features

Language: Italian

Published by: Bononia University Press

Publication date: May 2020

272 pages

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Table of contents

INTRODUZIONE

CAPITOLO 1 - PARADIGMI DI (IR)RAPPRESENTABILITÀ

1.1 La morte come tabù pop: dalla rimozione al vigor mortis

1.2 Dall’arena al salotto: i media audiovisivi e la “necrocultura”

1.3 Il paradigma pornografico: successo e limiti

1.4 Testi e discorsi: opacità e interdizioni variabili

CAPITOLO 2 - INQUADRARE LA MORTE

2.1 La morte al cinema: emersioni e riassorbimento

2.2 Tre prospettive su corpo, morte e macchina da presa

2.3 Mondo e cannibal movies: dal paracinema agli “offensive films”

2.4 Moral panic: lo snuff movie, dai margini a Hollywood (e ritorno)

2.5 Dai Video Nasties al Torture Porn

CAPITOLO 3 - DENTRO E FUORI I TESSUTI

3.1 Leggende urbane, viralità ed effetto alone: lo snuff tra dinamiche
di diffusione e contagio

3.2 Ripetizione, intertestualità e saturazione negli “shockumentaries”

3.3 Design e strutture modulari: inserti e code

3.4 Resilienza e contorni: “The Zapruder Film”

CAPITOLO 4 - VENDERE LA MORTE: STRATEGIE DI MARKETING E DISTRIBUZIONE

4.1 Un fallimento di successo: la promozione di Snuff//

4.2 «Chi sono i veri cannibali?». Costruendo Cannibal Holocaust

4.3 «Fact or fiction?». Il franchise Faces of Death

4.4 «Fiore di carne e sangue»: il caso Guinea Pig

4.5 «Spreading the Sickness»: lavorare sulle nicchie

CAPITOLO 5 - LA MORTE 2.0

5.1 I “social media killers”

5.2 «Pure evil since 1996»: gli “shock sites”

5.3 War Porn: (ri)editare la guerra

5.4 Remixare la morte

CONCLUSIONI

RINGRAZIAMENTI

BIBLIOGRAFIA

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Nicolò Gallio holds a Ph.D. in Film Studies from the University of 
Bologna. His research interests are related to the relationship between 
audiovisual content, digital media, fandom and critical reception. He 
has written articles and essays published in Italian and international 
books and magazines, and he is co-author of Lo spettacolo del cibo. I 
cooking show nella televisione italiana (2014). He is a marketing and 
communication consultant for creative agencies, festivals and 
independent film development programmes.

For further information please contact (nico.gallio /at/ gmail.com)


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