Author: | K. Jackson | ISBN: | 9781137360267 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | November 19, 2013 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
Author: | K. Jackson |
ISBN: | 9781137360267 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
Publication: | November 19, 2013 |
Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Language: | English |
Through a wide spectrum of horror sub-genres, this book examines how the current state of horror reflects the anxieties in Western culture. Horror films bring them to a mass audience and offer new figures for the nameless faceless 'antagonist' that plagues us and provides material with which to build a different understanding of ourselves.
Through a wide spectrum of horror sub-genres, this book examines how the current state of horror reflects the anxieties in Western culture. Horror films bring them to a mass audience and offer new figures for the nameless faceless 'antagonist' that plagues us and provides material with which to build a different understanding of ourselves.