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- Dangerous Knowledge: The JFK Assassination in Art and Film
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
Fifty years ago, the assassination of John F. Kennedy shocked the world and focused attention to the 8mm footage shot by Abraham Zapruder. The event fueled conspiracy theories and repeated viewings of Zapruder's film as seemingly everyone in the world searched for motive and conclusive proof of a single gunman.
In his new Preface to this edition of Dangerous Knowledge, Art Simon discusses public fascination with celebrity deaths and recent assassination-related media-from documentaries to scholarly books to the scandalous video game JFK Reloaded-to show that the assassination continues to inspire writers, artists, and filmmakers.
Dangerous Knowledge examines the seminal works of art associated with the assassination, including Andy Warhol's silk screens, the underground films of Bruce Conner, and provocative Hollywood films like The Parallax View and JFK. Simon's investigation places assassination art and images within a historical context-one that helps us understand what the assassination has meant to American culture.
In his new Preface to this edition of Dangerous Knowledge, Art Simon discusses public fascination with celebrity deaths and recent assassination-related media-from documentaries to scholarly books to the scandalous video game JFK Reloaded-to show that the assassination continues to inspire writers, artists, and filmmakers.
Dangerous Knowledge examines the seminal works of art associated with the assassination, including Andy Warhol's silk screens, the underground films of Bruce Conner, and provocative Hollywood films like The Parallax View and JFK. Simon's investigation places assassination art and images within a historical context-one that helps us understand what the assassination has meant to American culture.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-7
- Preface to the New Paperback Edition
- pp. ix-xix
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xxi-xxii
- Chapter 1: The Zapruder Film
- pp. 35-54
- Chapter 2: The Body
- pp. 55-69
- Chapter 3: Images of Oswald
- pp. 71-93
- Chapter 4: The Warhol Silkscreens
- pp. 101-118
- Chapter 5: The Pop Camp
- pp. 119-130
- Chapter 6: Bruce Conner
- pp. 131-144
- Part Three
- pp. 159-163
- Chapter 8: Executive Action
- pp. 165-181
- Chapter 10: JFK
- pp. 205-219
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439910450
Related ISBN(s)
9781439910443
MARC Record
OCLC
827947189
Pages
297
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013