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American horror film : the genre at the turn of the millennium / / edited by Steffen Hantke
| American horror film : the genre at the turn of the millennium / / edited by Steffen Hantke |
| Autore | Hantke Steffen |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/617 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HantkeSteffen <1962-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Horror films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-62103-104-7
1-282-55565-0 9786612555657 1-60473-454-X |
| Classificazione | PER004000PER004030SOC022000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | They don't make 'em like they used to: on the rhetoric of crisis and the current state of American horror cinema / Steffen Hantke -- Bloody America: critical reassessments of the trans/-national and of graphic violence. The American horror film? Globalization and transnational U.S.-Asian genres / Christina Klein -- A Parisian in Hollywood: ocular horror in the films of Alexandre Aja / Tony Perrello -- "The pound of flesh which I demand": American horror cinema, gore, and the box office, 1998-2007 / Blair Davis and Kial Natale -- A (post)modern house of pain: FearDotCom and the prehistory of the post-9/11 torture film / Reynold Humphries -- The usual suspects: trends and transformations in the subgenres of American horror film. Teenage traumata: youth, affective politics, and the contemporary American horror film / Pamela Craig and Martin Fradley -- Traumatic childhood now included: Todorov's fantastic and the uncanny slasher remake / Andrew Patrick Nelson -- Whither the serial killer movie? / Philip L. Simpson -- A return to the graveyard: notes on the spiritual horror film / James Kendrick -- Look back in horror: managing the canon of American horror film. Auteurdämmerung: David Cronenberg, George A. Romero, and the twilight of (North) American horror auteur / Craig Bernardini -- How the masters of horror master their personae: self-fashioning at play in the Masters of horror DVD extras / Ben Kooyman -- "The kids of today should defend themselves against the '70s": simulating auras and marketing nostalgia in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse / Jay McRoy -- Afterword. Memory, genre, and self-narrativization, or, why I should be a more content horror fan / David Church. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910970701803321 |
Hantke Steffen
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| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American horror film [[electronic resource] ] : the genre at the turn of the millennium / / edited by Steffen Hantke
| American horror film [[electronic resource] ] : the genre at the turn of the millennium / / edited by Steffen Hantke |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/617 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HantkeSteffen <1962-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Horror films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-62103-104-7
1-282-55565-0 9786612555657 1-60473-454-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | They don't make 'em like they used to: on the rhetoric of crisis and the current state of American horror cinema / Steffen Hantke -- Bloody America: critical reassessments of the trans/-national and of graphic violence. The American horror film? Globalization and transnational U.S.-Asian genres / Christina Klein -- A Parisian in Hollywood: ocular horror in the films of Alexandre Aja / Tony Perrello -- "The pound of flesh which I demand": American horror cinema, gore, and the box office, 1998-2007 / Blair Davis and Kial Natale -- A (post)modern house of pain: FearDotCom and the prehistory of the post-9/11 torture film / Reynold Humphries -- The usual suspects: trends and transformations in the subgenres of American horror film. Teenage traumata: youth, affective politics, and the contemporary American horror film / Pamela Craig and Martin Fradley -- Traumatic childhood now included: Todorov's fantastic and the uncanny slasher remake / Andrew Patrick Nelson -- Whither the serial killer movie? / Philip L. Simpson -- A return to the graveyard: notes on the spiritual horror film / James Kendrick -- Look back in horror: managing the canon of American horror film. Auteurdämmerung: David Cronenberg, George A. Romero, and the twilight of (North) American horror auteur / Craig Bernardini -- How the masters of horror master their personae: self-fashioning at play in the Masters of horror DVD extras / Ben Kooyman -- "The kids of today should defend themselves against the '70s": simulating auras and marketing nostalgia in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse / Jay McRoy -- Afterword. Memory, genre, and self-narrativization, or, why I should be a more content horror fan / David Church. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459165003321 |
| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American horror film [[electronic resource] ] : the genre at the turn of the millennium / / edited by Steffen Hantke
| American horror film [[electronic resource] ] : the genre at the turn of the millennium / / edited by Steffen Hantke |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/617 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HantkeSteffen <1962-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Horror films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-62103-104-7
1-282-55565-0 9786612555657 1-60473-454-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | They don't make 'em like they used to: on the rhetoric of crisis and the current state of American horror cinema / Steffen Hantke -- Bloody America: critical reassessments of the trans/-national and of graphic violence. The American horror film? Globalization and transnational U.S.-Asian genres / Christina Klein -- A Parisian in Hollywood: ocular horror in the films of Alexandre Aja / Tony Perrello -- "The pound of flesh which I demand": American horror cinema, gore, and the box office, 1998-2007 / Blair Davis and Kial Natale -- A (post)modern house of pain: FearDotCom and the prehistory of the post-9/11 torture film / Reynold Humphries -- The usual suspects: trends and transformations in the subgenres of American horror film. Teenage traumata: youth, affective politics, and the contemporary American horror film / Pamela Craig and Martin Fradley -- Traumatic childhood now included: Todorov's fantastic and the uncanny slasher remake / Andrew Patrick Nelson -- Whither the serial killer movie? / Philip L. Simpson -- A return to the graveyard: notes on the spiritual horror film / James Kendrick -- Look back in horror: managing the canon of American horror film. Auteurdämmerung: David Cronenberg, George A. Romero, and the twilight of (North) American horror auteur / Craig Bernardini -- How the masters of horror master their personae: self-fashioning at play in the Masters of horror DVD extras / Ben Kooyman -- "The kids of today should defend themselves against the '70s": simulating auras and marketing nostalgia in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse / Jay McRoy -- Afterword. Memory, genre, and self-narrativization, or, why I should be a more content horror fan / David Church. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792308303321 |
| Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Classical Hollywood cinema : Point of view and communication / / James Zborowski
| Classical Hollywood cinema : Point of view and communication / / James Zborowski |
| Autore | Zborowski James |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, [U.K.] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4/30973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures
Motion picture industry Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-5261-0409-1
1-78499-677-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480060203321 |
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Zborowski James
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| Manchester, [U.K.] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comedy is a man in trouble [[electronic resource] ] : slapstick in American movies / / Alan Dale
| Comedy is a man in trouble [[electronic resource] ] : slapstick in American movies / / Alan Dale |
| Autore | Dale Alan S. <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina |
791.43/617
791.43617 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9197-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. Comedy Is a Man in Trouble 1 -- 2. Chaplin as Proteus, Low-Down and High Up 31 -- 3. Junior: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton 59 -- 4. Girl Heroes 92 -- 5. The Marx Brothers: The Buoyant Refuse of Our Teeming Shore 132 -- 6. Preston Sturges: Girl in a Jam, Boy in a Jam 161 -- 7. Jerry Lewis: The Once and Future King of Comedy 190 -- Coda 213 -- Notes 221 -- Works Cited 237 -- Index 247. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451714803321 |
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Dale Alan S. <1960->
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comedy is a man in trouble [[electronic resource] ] : slapstick in American movies / / Alan Dale
| Comedy is a man in trouble [[electronic resource] ] : slapstick in American movies / / Alan Dale |
| Autore | Dale Alan S. <1960-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina |
791.43/617
791.43617 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comedy films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 0-8166-9197-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. Comedy Is a Man in Trouble 1 -- 2. Chaplin as Proteus, Low-Down and High Up 31 -- 3. Junior: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton 59 -- 4. Girl Heroes 92 -- 5. The Marx Brothers: The Buoyant Refuse of Our Teeming Shore 132 -- 6. Preston Sturges: Girl in a Jam, Boy in a Jam 161 -- 7. Jerry Lewis: The Once and Future King of Comedy 190 -- Coda 213 -- Notes 221 -- Works Cited 237 -- Index 247. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784396703321 |
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Dale Alan S. <1960->
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| Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Post-westerns [[electronic resource] ] : cinema, region, West / / Neil Campbell
| Post-westerns [[electronic resource] ] : cinema, region, West / / Neil Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell Neil <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.436/278 |
| Collana | Postwestern horizons |
| Soggetto topico |
Western films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8032-4827-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Dead Westerns ; 2. Mourning in America ; 3. ""You and Your God's Country""; 4. ""We Keep Heading West""; 5. Exile and Dislocation in the Urban Post-Western ; 6. Post-Western Genealogies ; 7. ""Opened from the Inside Out""; 8. The Idioms of Living ; 9. The Schizo-West; 10. Spook Country ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452557603321 |
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Campbell Neil <1957->
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| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Post-westerns [[electronic resource] ] : cinema, region, West / / Neil Campbell
| Post-westerns [[electronic resource] ] : cinema, region, West / / Neil Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell Neil <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.436/278 |
| Collana | Postwestern horizons |
| Soggetto topico |
Western films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-4962-0962-1
0-8032-4827-X |
| Classificazione | PER004030HIS036060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Dead Westerns ; 2. Mourning in America ; 3. ""You and Your God's Country""; 4. ""We Keep Heading West""; 5. Exile and Dislocation in the Urban Post-Western ; 6. Post-Western Genealogies ; 7. ""Opened from the Inside Out""; 8. The Idioms of Living ; 9. The Schizo-West; 10. Spook Country ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779976803321 |
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Campbell Neil <1957->
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| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Post-westerns : cinema, region, West / / Neil Campbell
| Post-westerns : cinema, region, West / / Neil Campbell |
| Autore | Campbell Neil <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.436/278 |
| Collana | Postwestern horizons |
| Soggetto topico |
Western films - United States - History and criticism
Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
9781496209627
1496209621 9780803248274 080324827X |
| Classificazione | PER004030HIS036060 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Dead Westerns ; 2. Mourning in America ; 3. ""You and Your God's Country""; 4. ""We Keep Heading West""; 5. Exile and Dislocation in the Urban Post-Western ; 6. Post-Western Genealogies ; 7. ""Opened from the Inside Out""; 8. The Idioms of Living ; 9. The Schizo-West; 10. Spook Country ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910955827203321 |
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Campbell Neil <1957->
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| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Screening images of American masculinity in the age of postfeminism / / edited by Elizabeth Abele and John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco
| Screening images of American masculinity in the age of postfeminism / / edited by Elizabeth Abele and John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 209 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/65211 |
| Soggetto topico |
Masculinity in motion pictures
Masculinity on television Motion pictures - United States - History and criticism Television series - United States - History and criticism |
| ISBN | 1-4985-2583-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Images; Introduction; RECOVERING MASCULINITIES; Chapter 1. Fashioning Flexibility: Racial Neoliberalism and the Vicissitudes of Masculinity; Chapter 2. "Any closer and you'd be Mom": The Limits of Postfeminist Paternity in the Films of Robin Williams; Chapter 3. Rethinking the Nation and the Body Politic: The Wrestler and the Demise of American Exceptionalism; Chapter 4. The Bourne Refusal: Changing the Rules of the Game?; MASCULINITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN; Chapter 5. Subverting the Master's Hero: Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds as a Feminist-Inflected Space Cowboy
Chapter 06. When Eleven-Year-Old Girls Kick-Ass: The Gender Politics of Hit-Girl NEGOTIATED MASCULINITIES; Chapter 07. "I'm Listening": Analyzing the Masculine Example of Frasier Crane; Chapter 08. Hanging with the Boys: Homosocial Bonding and Heterosexual Bromance Coupling in Nip/Tuck and Boston Legal; Chapter 09. Some Assembly Required: Joss Whedon's Bridging of Masculinities in Marvel Films' The Avengers; LOVING ANTI-HEROES; Chapter 10. The Falling Man: Nostalgia and Masculinity as Genres of Composure in Mad Men; Chapter 11. "Out Like a Man": Straddling the Postfeminist Fence in Dexter and Breaking Bad; Chapter 12. Last Men Standing: Will Smith as the Obsolete Patriarchal Male; Index; About the Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797852303321 |
| Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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