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2. The Body as Weapon: Paradise Now and the Allure of Enchanted Violence

Author : Robert Burgoyne

Published in: Mediated Terrorism in the 21st Century

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this Chapter, “The Body as Weapon: Paradise Now (2005) and the Allure of Enchanted Violence,” Robert Burgoyne argues that nowhere is the allure of enchanted violence more thoroughly demystified than in Paradise Now (2005), a Palestinian film that dramatizes the psychological and political pressures that shape the main character’s decision to become a human bomb. Burgoyne argues that the film explores the charged symbolism of suicide bombing in the occupied territories, as well as the human costs of political self-sacrifice. Burgoyne sensitively argues that by placing us almost in the shoes of the main character, the film renders the martyr as a deeply human figure, situating the act in its historical and environmental context.

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Metadata
Title
The Body as Weapon: Paradise Now and the Allure of Enchanted Violence
Author
Robert Burgoyne
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Mediated Terrorism in the 21st Century

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-73510-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-73511-1

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73511-1_2