Benedict XVI (pope), 39, 372n100

Benjamin, Walter, 167, 222, 227, 305

Bennion, Francis, 142, 380n12

Benshoff, Harry M., 232, 377n20, 379n5, 389n11

Bergson, Henri, 122, 162, 384n53

Bettleheim, Bruno, 206, 387n12

Bertolucci, Bernardo, 119, 241

bestiality, 158, 165

Big Brother (2000–), 47, 86, 309, 316, 318–322, 324–325

bin Laden, Osama, 2, 327–329, 331–334, 336, 367n4

Birth of a Nation (D. W. Griffith, 1915), 158

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982), 310

Blair, Ian, 372n92

Blair, Tony, 309, 319–320

Blanchot, Maurice, 279

Blazelon, David, 29

Bloom, Harold, 262

Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997), 250, 252, 254

Bourdieu, Pierre, 133, 137–138

Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002), 351

Bradshaw, Peter, 22, 218, 222–223, 370n58, 388n18, 388n22

Brady Bunch, The (1969–1974), 21

Braidotti, Rosi, 270, 392n37

Branson, Richard, 372n100

Brass Eye (1997–2001), 205

breasts, 148, 168, 245, 265–268, 289

Brewer, Gene, 309

British Medical Journal, 32

Brown, Laura, 14

Buckley, Raymond, 76

Buddhism, 315–316

Burton, Tim, 22

Bush, George W., 39, 214, 268, 309, 327–331, 333–336, 398n17

Campbell, Alistair, 319

cannibalism, 18, 299

capitalism, 2–5, 7, 10, 16, 52–53, 56, 126, 129–133, 151, 177, 179, 184–185, 191, 208, 245, 248, 268, 301, 349, 357, 365, 367n7, 374n17, 378n3, 380nn6–7, 385n34

Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003), 31

Carroll, Lewis, 44–45

Carroll, Nëol, 174

castration, 46, 70, 72, 154, 173, 226, 265–266, 277, 313

Catholic Church, 9, 38–40, 385n28

Catholic priests, 22, 35, 40, 188, 385

Cava, Mica, 109

celebrity, 5, 8, 10, 48, 50–65, 67–73, 77–79, 81–89, 91–94, 96–100, 109, 112, 197, 251, 253, 340, 349–353

Chandler, Jordie, 66–67, 69, 71–73, 190

Chapman, Jessica, 34

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(Tim Burton, 2005), 22

Chester, James, 35, 38

child abduction, 1–2, 9, 32, 74, 204, 359, 372n100

Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974), 125–132

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ken Hughes, 1968), 22

Cho, Seung-Hui, 340