Monstrous nature : environment and horror on the big screen / / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann
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| Autore: |
Murray Robin L.
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| Titolo: |
Monstrous nature : environment and horror on the big screen / / Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, England : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6164 |
| Soggetto topico: | Horror films - History and criticism |
| Environmental protection and motion pictures | |
| Nature in motion pictures | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HeumannJoseph K. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Part 1. Anthropomorphism and the "big bug" movie -- Hellstrom chronicle and Beetle Queen conquers Tokyo: anthropomorphizing nature for humans -- "As beautiful as a butterfly": monstrous cockroach nature and the horror film -- Part 2. Human ecology and the horror film -- The earth bites back: vampires and the ecological roots of home -- Through an eco-lens of childhood: Roberto Rossellini's Germany year zero and Guillermo del Toro's The devil's backbone -- Part 3. Evolution and monstrous nature -- Zombie evolution: a new world with or without humans -- Laughter and the eco-horror film: the Troma solution -- Parasite evolution in the eco-horror film: when the host becomes the monster -- Gendering the cannibal: bodies and landscapes in feminist cannibal movies -- American Mary and body modification: nature and the art of change -- Conclusion: monstrous nature and the new cli-fi cinema -- Filmography. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Monstrous nature |
| ISBN: | 0-8032-9490-5 |
| 0-8032-9492-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910806106803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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