Horror Film and Affect: Towards a Corporeal Model of Viewership (Routledge Advances in Film Studies)

By: Xavier Aldana Reyes

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Synopsis: This book brings together various theoretical approaches to Horror that have received consistent academic attention since the 1990s – abjection, disgust, cognition, phenomenology, pain studies – to make a significant contribution to the study of fictional moving images of mutilation and the ways in which human bodies are affected by those on the screen on three levels: representationally, emotionally and somatically. Aldana Reyes reads Horror viewership as eminently carnal, and seeks to articulate the need for an alternative model that understands the experience of feeling under corporeal threat as the genre’s main descriptor. Using recent, post-millennial examples throughout, the book also offers case studies of key films such as　Hostel,　[REC],　Martyrs　or　Ginger Snaps, and considers contemporary Horror strands such as found footage or 3D Horror.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781317748786
Related ISBNs:: 9781315795850, 9780415749824, 9780415749824, 9781138599611, 9781138599611
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/25/19
Copyrighted By:: Xavier Aldana Reyes
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.