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

• Autore: Botting Fred
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.38738
• Soggetto topico: Gothic revival (Literature) - History and criticism; Horror tales - History and criticism
• Soggetto non controllato: Gothic horror; abjection; cultural production; cybergothic; death drive; fantasmagoria; sublime; terror; uncanny; video games
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Limits of horror
• ISBN: 1-78170-190-3; 1-84779-450-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807446903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II