Transgressive Art Films: Extremity, Ethics, and Controversial Images of Sex and Violence

Transgressive Art Films offers a holistic approach to the way we consider controversial and extreme cinema – not just as individual or grouped texts for analysis – but as artefacts that ought to be considered within a complex network of social factors. This book provides a rigorous framework for understanding some of the most controversial films of the past twenty—five years.
The term ‘transgressive art film’ designates the phenomenon of a small number of controversial films recuperated eac...