Nelson, Maggie,  1973- <br/><br/>
The art of cruelty :  a reckoning / 
 Reckoning 
Maggie Nelson. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Co.,  2011. 
 - 288 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help create a just social order or whether focusing on representations of cruelty makes society more cruel. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393072150 (hardcover) 9780393072150 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cruelty in art.<br/>Art--Moral and ethical aspects.