Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
POV Horror
- The Trauma Aesthetic of the Found Footage Subgenre
Engelsk Paperback
Se mere i:
POV Horror
- The Trauma Aesthetic of the Found Footage Subgenre
Engelsk Paperback

827 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog

Drawing together strands of film theory and psychology, this book offers a fresh assessment of the found footage horror subgenre. It reconceptualizes landmark films--including The Blair Witch Project (1999), Cloverfield (2008), Paranormal Activity (2009), and Man Bites Dog (1992)--as depictions of the lived experience and social legacy of psychological trauma. The author demonstrates how the frantic cinematography and ambiguous formulation of the monster evokes the shocked and disoriented cognition of the traumatized mind. Moreover, the frightening effect of trauma on society is shown to be a recurring theme across the subgenre. Close textual analysis is given to a wide range of films over several decades, including titles that have yet to receive any academic attention.

Divided into four distinct sections, the book examines how found footage horror films represent the effects of historical and contemporary traumatic events on Western societies, the vicarious spread of traumatic experiences via mass media, the sublimation of domestic abuse into haunted houses, and the viewer''s identification with the monster as an embodiment of perpetrator trauma.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9781476691558
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
147669155X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 nov 2023
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
30 nov 2023
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge