Body gothic : corporeal transgression in contemporary literature and horror film / / Xavier Aldana Reyes ; typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt
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| Autore: |
Aldana Reyes Xavier
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| Titolo: |
Body gothic : corporeal transgression in contemporary literature and horror film / / Xavier Aldana Reyes ; typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt
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| Pubblicazione: | Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.38729 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
| Goth culture (Subculture) | |
| Horror in literature | |
| Horror films - History and criticism | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | GauntEira Fenn |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Acknowledgements; Introduction: From Gothic Bodies to Body Gothic; 1 Splatterpunk; 2 Body Horror; 3 The New Avant-pulp; 4 The Slaughterhouse Novel; 5 Torture Porn; 6 Surgical Horror; Conclusion: Corporeal Readings; Notes; Works Cited; Filmography; Index; Back Cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Body Gothic assesses the role and relevance of corporeal transgression in literature and film of the last three decades, from splatterpunk and body horror to torture porn and surgical horror. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Body gothic |
| ISBN: | 1-78316-094-2 |
| 1-78316-093-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787184903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Gothic literary studies.