Horror, the film reader / edited by Mark Jancovich.
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TextSeries: In focus--Routledge film readersPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: viii, 188 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0415235618 (hbk)
- 9780415235617 (hbk)
- 0415235626 (pbk.)
- 9780415235624 (pbk.)
- 9780203204849
- 0203204840
- 791.43 HOR
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Horror, The Film Reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to The Blair Witch Project, and outlines the main critical debates. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an editor's introduction outlining the context of debates.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-182) and index.
The American nightmare: horror in the 70s / Robin Wood -- Why horror? / Noel Carroll -- Why horror? The peculiar pleasures of a popular genre / Andrew Tudor -- When the woman looks / Linda Williams -- Horror and the monstrous-feminine: an imaginary abjection / Barbara Creed -- Her body, himself: gender in the slasher film / Carol J. Clover -- The monster and the homosexual / Harry M. Benshoff -- Production and reproduction: the case of Frankenstein / Paul O'Flinn -- The problem of British horror / Peter Hutchings -- Sleaze mania, Euro-trash, and high art: the place of European art films in American low culture / Joan Hawkins -- Horror for sale: the marketing and reception of classic horror cinema / Rhona Berenstein -- Genre and the audience: genre classifications and cultural distinctions in the mediation of The Silence of the Lambs / Mark Jancovich -- Learning to scream / Linda Williams -- Refusing to refuse to look: female viewers of the horror film / Brigid Cherry.
This title brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- General Introduction
- Part One Theorising Horror - Introduction
- 1 Robin Wood
- The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s
- 2 Noel Caroll
- Why Horror?
- 3 Andrew Tudor
- Why Horror: The Peculiar Pleasures of a Popular Genre
- Part Two Gender, Sexuality and the Horror Film - Introduction
- 4 Linda Williams
- When the Woman Looks
- 5 Barbara Creed
- Horror and the Monstrous Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection
- 6 Carol Clover
- Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film
- 7 Harry M. Benshoff
- Introduction: The Monster and the Homosexual
- Part Three Producing Horrors - Introduction
- 8 Paul O'Flinn
- Productions and Reproductions: The case of Frankenstein
- 9 Peter Hutchings
- The Problem of Horror
- 10 Joan Hawkins
- Sleaze Mania, Euro-trash and High Art: The Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture
- Part Four Consuming Fears - Introduction
- 11 Rhona Berenstein
- Horror for Sale: The Marketing and Reception of Classic Horror Cinema
- 12 Mark Jancovich
- Genre and the Audience: Genre Classification and Cultural Distinctions in the Mediation of The Silence of the Lambs
- 13 Linda Williams
- Learning to Scream
- 14 Brigid Cherry
- Refusing to Look: Female Viewers of the Horror Film
- Bibliography