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9780415235624

Horror, the Film Reader

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415235624

  • ISBN10:

    0415235626

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2001-12-29
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Horror, The Film Readerbrings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinema. Mark Jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror fromThe Cabinet of Dr. CaligaritoThe Blair Witch Project, and outlines the main critical debates. Combining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an editor's introduction outlining the context of debates.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
General Introduction 1(20)
PART ONE: THEORIZING HORROR 21(36)
Introduction
21(4)
The American Nightmare: Horror in the 70s
25(8)
Robin Wood
Why Horror?
33(14)
Noel Carroll
Why Horror? The Peculiar pleasures of a Popular Genre
47(10)
Andrew Tudor
PART TWO: GENDER, SEXUALITY AND THE HORROR FILM 57(46)
Introduction
57(4)
When the Woman Looks
61(6)
Linda Williams
Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection
67(10)
Barbara Creed
Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film
77(14)
Carol J. Clover
The Monster and the Homosexual
91(12)
Harry M. Benshoff
PART THREE: PRODUCING HORRORS 103(32)
Introduction
103(2)
Production and Reproduction: The Case of Frankenstein
105(10)
Paul O'Flinn
The Problem of British Horror
115(10)
Peter Hutchings
Sleaze Mania, Euro-trash, and High Art: The Place of European Art Films in American Low Culture
125(10)
Joan Hawkins
PART FOUR: CONSUMING FEARS 135(44)
Introduction
135(2)
Horror for Sale: The Marketing and Reception of Classic Horror Cinema
137(14)
Rhona Berenstein
Genre and the Audience: Genre Classifications and Cultural Distinctions in the Mediation of the Silence of the Lambs
151(12)
Mark Jancovich
Learning to Scream
163(6)
Linda Williams
Refusing to Refuse to Look: Female Viewers of the Horror Film
169(10)
Brigid Cherry
Bibliography 179(4)
Index 183

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