Political Torture in Popular Culture argues that the literary,
filmic, and popular cultural representation of political torture
has been one of the defining dimensions of the torture debate that
has taken place in the course of the post-9/11 global war on
terrorism. The book argues that cultural representations provide a
vital arena in which political meaning is generated, negotiated,
and contested. Adams explores whether liberal democracies can ever
legitimately perpetrate torture, contrasting assertions that
torture can function as a legitimate counterterrorism measure with
human rights-based arguments that torture is never morally
permissible. He examines the philosophical foundations of pro- and
anti-torture positions, looking at their manifestations in a range
of literary, filmic and popular cultural texts, and assesses the
material effects of these representations. Literary novels,
televisual texts, films, and critical theoretical discourse are all
covered, focusing on the ways that aesthetic and textual strategies
are mobilised to create specific political effects. This book is
the first sustained analysis of the torture debate and the role
that cultural narratives and representations play within it. It
will be of great use to scholars interested in the emerging canon
of post-9/11 cultural texts about torture, as well as scholars and
students working in politics, history, geography, human rights,
international relations, and terrorism studies, literary studies,
cultural studies, and film studies.
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