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Gender and contemporary horror in film / / edited by Samantha Holland, Robert Shail, and Steven Gerrard



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Titolo: Gender and contemporary horror in film / / edited by Samantha Holland, Robert Shail, and Steven Gerrard Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bingley, United Kingdom : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , [2019]
©2019
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 pages)
Disciplina: 791.436164
Soggetto topico: Horror films - History and criticism
Sex role in motion pictures
Social Science - Gender Studies
TV & society
Persona (resp. second.): HollandSamantha
ShailRobert
GerrardSteven
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Prelims -- Introduction -- Bodies -- Boundaries -- Captivity -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: The horror genre will always remain current because it reflects our anxieties, shining a light onto our worst fears whilst creating worlds defined by darkness. Horror as a genre has always engaged with era-specific societal mores and moral panics, often about isolation or abandonment, changing family values and the role of women. It is often specifically about how gender is constructed in everyday life. Women are commonly defined in horror by their passivity, or monstrosity/sexuality or victimhood - or a mix of the three. At the same time women in horror are forced into psychological and physical torture ending in violent showdowns in which they emerge damaged but triumphant.Bringing together research from a wide range of established and emerging scholars this edited collection provides an insight into how modern horror films portray femininities, sexualities, masculinities, ageing, and other current issues, exploring the use of vampires, zombies, werewolves and ghosts in films made internationally. This volume, one of three by the same editorial team examining the horror genre, focuses on gender and contemporary horror in film, asking questions about how and if representations of gender in horror have changed. In these readings and re-readings, the authors examine developments in films about vampires, zombies, werewolves and ghosts, in films made internationally.
Titolo autorizzato: Gender and contemporary horror in film  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78769-899-8
1-78769-897-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814873003321
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Serie: Emerald studies in popular culture and gender.