Contemporary horror on screen : an evolving visual narrative / Sarah Baker, Amanda Rutherford, Richard Pamatatau, editors.
Baker, Sarah, editor.; Rutherford, Amanda, editor.; Pamatatau, Richard, editor.
2023
PN1995.93.H6
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Title Contemporary horror on screen : an evolving visual narrative / Sarah Baker, Amanda Rutherford, Richard Pamatatau, editors.
ISBN 9789819949656 (electronic bk.)
9819949653 (electronic bk.)
9789819949649
9819949645
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4965-6
Published Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-99-4965-6 doi
Call Number PN1995.93.H6
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/6164
Summary This book highlights how horror in film and television creates platforms to address distinct areas of modern-day concern. In examining the prevalence of dark tropes in contemporary horror films such as Get Out, Annabelle: Creation, A Quiet Place, Hereditary and The Nun, as well as series such as Stranger Things, American Horror Story and Game of Thrones, amongst numerous others, the authors contend that we are witnessing the emergence of a 'horror renaissance'. They posit that horror films or programmes, once widely considered to be a low form of popular culture entertainment, can contain deeper meanings or subtext and are increasingly covering serious subject matter. This book thus explores how horror is utilised as a tool to explore social and political anxieties of the cultural moment and is thus presented as a site for contestation, exploration and expansion to discuss present-day fears. It demonstrates how contemporary horror reflects the horror of modern-day life, be it political, biological, social or environmental. A vital contribution to studies of the horror genre in contemporary culture, and the effect it has on social anxieties in a threatening and seemingly apocalyptic time for the world, this is a vital text for students and researchers in popular culture, film, television and media studies.
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Added Author Baker, Sarah, editor.
Rutherford, Amanda, editor.
Pamatatau, Richard, editor.
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