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4. 24, Jack Bauer, and the Torture Fantasy

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Confronting the Abu Ghraib Photographs 1
  5. 1. Torture, Biopower, and the Desiring Subject 23
  6. 2. The Nonsensical Smile of the Torturer in Post-9/11 Documentary Films 49
  7. 3. Torture Porn and the Desiring Subject in Hostel and Saw 71
  8. 4. 24, Jack Bauer, and the Torture Fantasy 95
  9. 5. The Biodetective Versus the Detective of the Real in Zero Dark Thirty and Homeland 115
  10. 6. Alias and the Fictional Alternative to Torture 139
  11. Notes 161
  12. Index 185
The Subject of Torture
This chapter is in the book The Subject of Torture
https://doi.org/10.7312/nero17070-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Confronting the Abu Ghraib Photographs 1
  5. 1. Torture, Biopower, and the Desiring Subject 23
  6. 2. The Nonsensical Smile of the Torturer in Post-9/11 Documentary Films 49
  7. 3. Torture Porn and the Desiring Subject in Hostel and Saw 71
  8. 4. 24, Jack Bauer, and the Torture Fantasy 95
  9. 5. The Biodetective Versus the Detective of the Real in Zero Dark Thirty and Homeland 115
  10. 6. Alias and the Fictional Alternative to Torture 139
  11. Notes 161
  12. Index 185
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