Title
Shots to the Mind: Violence, the Brain and Biomedicine in Popular Novels and Film in Post-1960s America
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Traces the rise of the gruesome headshot image found in popular contemporary American film and fiction to the historical traumas of Hemingway’s suicide, John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and alleged Viet Cong terrorist Nguyên Van Lém’s execution. Only brief references to Hemingway.
Published in
European Journal of American Culture
Volume
32
Issue
3
Date
2013
Pages
215-234
COinS
Citation
Quinlan, Sean M. “Shots to the Mind: Violence, the Brain and Biomedicine in Popular Novels and Film in Post-1960s America.” European Journal of American Culture 32, no. 3 (2013): 215-34.