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Author: Luke Howie
Publisher: New Academia Publishing, LLC
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0982806132
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Through dazzling close readings of a wide variety of cultural texts, from the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot to post-9/11 pornography, Howie is able to demonstrate how the politics and poetics of witnessing' have come to structure the experience of American popular culture in the past decade."--Jeff Melnick, University of Massachusett, Boston.
Author: Phil Hammond
Publisher: Abramis
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in this collection first came together at a conference, held at London South Bank University's Centre for Media and Culture Research in September 2010, on representations of the 'war on terror' in film and television.
Author: Douglas E. Cowan
Publisher:
Published: 2016-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781481304900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; of fanaticism; and of the power--and the powerlessness--of religion.
Author: Phil Hammond
Publisher: Abramis
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in this collection first came together at a conference, held at London South Bank University's Centre for Media and Culture Research in September 2010, on representations of the 'war on terror' in film and television.
Author: Frank Manchel
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 1970-01-01
Total Pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780139067921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the history, techniques, characters, and plots of horror films from around the world.
Author: Isabel Cristina Pinedo
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2016-02-24
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1438416164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence, and contends instead that the contemporary horror film speaks to the cultural need to express rage and terror in the midst of social upheaval.
Author: Aviva Briefel
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2012-08-24
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 0292742428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHorror films have exploded in popularity since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many of them breaking box-office records and generating broad public discourse. These films have attracted A-list talent and earned award nods, while at the same time becoming darker, more disturbing, and increasingly apocalyptic. Why has horror suddenly become more popular, and what does this say about us? What do specific horror films and trends convey about American society in the wake of events so horrific that many pundits initially predicted the death of the genre? How could American audiences, after tasting real horror, want to consume images of violence on screen? Horror after 9/11 represents the first major exploration of the horror genre through the lens of 9/11 and the subsequent transformation of American and global society. Films discussed include the Twilight saga; the Saw series; Hostel; Cloverfield; 28 Days Later; remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, and The Hills Have Eyes; and many more. The contributors analyze recent trends in the horror genre, including the rise of 'torture porn,' the big-budget remakes of classic horror films, the reinvention of traditional monsters such as vampires and zombies, and a new awareness of visual technologies as sites of horror in themselves. The essays examine the allegorical role that the horror film has held in the last ten years, and the ways that it has been translating and reinterpreting the discourses and images of terror into its own cinematic language.
Author: Blair Kamin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011-11
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 0226423123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects the best of Kamin's writings for the Chicago Tribune from the past decade.
Author: Vanessa Ossa
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-10-07
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1000192601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume investigates the perception of threat, with particular regard to the roles, functions, and agencies of various types of media. With a focus on the profound impact of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the US-American political, social, and cultural order, the chapters reach from the early days after the attacks up to the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump. An international team of contributors analyze how the perceived threats and their subsequent representations changed during this period and what part different forms of media - media institutions, media technologies, and media formats - played within these transformations. Media theoretical perspectives are thus combined with historical approaches to examine the "re-ordering" of the nation, the state, and society proposed in an increasingly converging, multimodal, and networked media environment. This book’s focus on the interrelation between Media Studies, Cultural Studies, and American Studies makes it an indispensable landmark for fields such as Historical Research, Media Theory, Narratology, and Popular Culture Studies.
