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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465633903321

Autore

Botting Fred

Titolo

Limits of horror [[electronic resource] ] : technology, bodies, Gothic / / Fred Botting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-78170-190-3

1-84779-450-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

809.38738

Soggetti

Gothic revival (Literature) - History and criticism

Horror tales - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; IntroductionHorror now and then; 1. Daddy's dead; 2. Tech noir; 3. Dark bodies; 4. Beyond the Gothic principle; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Horror isn't what it used to be. Nor are its Gothic avatars. The meaning of monsters, vampires and ghosts has changed significantly over the last two hundred years, as have the mechanisms (from fiction to fantasmagoria, film and video games) through which they are produced and consumed. Limits of horror, moving from gothic to cybergothic, through technological modernity and across a range of literary, cinematic and popular cultural texts, critically examines these changes and the questions they pose for understanding contemporary culture and subjectivity.Re-examining key concepts such as the u



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Record Nr.

UNISA996213614303316

Titolo

2012 IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2012

ISBN

1-4673-0339-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 117 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

621.39305

Soggetti

Rural electrification

Electric power distribution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph