Carnography
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Carnography''' (from latin "carnis" meaning "meat" and Greek γραφή (grafi) "writing") is a [[neologism]] for writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of [[blood]]shed, [[violence]] and/or [[weaponry]]. It is named by analogy to [[pornography]] (although it is often mistaken for a [[portmanteau]] of "carnage" and "pornography", this is not strictly the case), and is sometimes referred to as "violence porn". |
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The mere depiction of violent acts, or of their results, does not necessarily qualify a film as carnography, just as the mere depiction of sex acts does not necessarily qualify a film as pornography.
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