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Post-9/11 Heartland Horror: Rural horror films in an era of urban terrorism: The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture

Autor Victoria McCollum
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 iul 2016
This book explores the resurgence of rural horror following the events of 9/11, as a number of filmmakers, inspired by the films of the 1970s, moved away from the characteristic industrial and urban settings of apocalyptic horror, to return to American heartland horror. Examining the revival of rural horror in an era of city fear and urban terrorism, the author analyses the relationship of the genre with fears surrounding the Global War on Terror, exploring the films’ engagement with the political repercussions of 9/11 and the ways in which traces of traumatic events leave their mark on cultures.
Arranged around the themes of dissent, patriotism, myth, anger and memorial, and with attention to both text and socio-cultural context in its interpretation of the films’ themes, Post-9/11 Heartland Horror offers a series of case studies covering a ten-year period to shed light on the manner in which the Post-9/11 Heartland Horror films scrutinize and unravel the events, aspirations, anxieties, discourses, dogmas, and socio-political conflicts of the post-9/11 era. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of film studies, cultural studies and media studies, and those with interests in the relationship between popular culture and politics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472465818
ISBN-10: 1472465814
Pagini: 154
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Foreword by Emily Satterwhite
Preface
Introduction
1. The Unbearable Unrightness of the Righteous & Sympathy for the Devil: War on Dissent, Forced Loyalties & Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
2. Divided We Fall: Fear God! & Loathe Thy Neighbour: Bush’s Demand For Patriotic Correctness & Smith’s Red State (2011)
3. The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together: Contesting Truth, Contempt For Weakness & Paxton’s Frailty (2002)
4. Malev(i)olence, Malevolence & Misogyny: 9/11, Gender, Torture & McKee’s The Woman (2011)
5. ‘Knock ‘Em Dead’: Bush’s White House Of Horrors: Post-9/11 Memorial Mania & Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
Conclusion
References
Films Cited
Music Cited
Index

Notă biografică

Victoria McCollum is Lecturer in Cinematic Arts in the School of Creative Arts and Technologies at Ulster University (Northern Ireland).

Recenzii

'Victoria McCollum peers into the dark forest of America after September 11 with Post 9/11 Heartland Horror. Her brilliant new work examines how horror films, including some of its most transgressive subgenres, deal with memory, ideology, and the often competing claims of nationalism, American exceptionalism and cultural sorrow. Historians and American Studies scholars will find rich material here in exploring how popular culture has tried to explain to itself the 'war on terrorr'.
Professor W. Scott Poole, College of Charleston, USA and author of Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting
 
'A significant intervention in American studies, film and media studies, and cultural studies, Post-9/11 Heartland Horror illuminates the emergence of a transgressive new sub-genre of post-9/11 rural-set horror films. Horror fans, students, and researchers will find McCollum’s insightful analyses of heartland horror films lively, accessible, and fascinating.'
Associate Professor Emily Satterwhite, Virginia Tech, USA

Descriere

This book explores the resurgence of rural horror following the events of 9/11, examining the revival of rural horror in an era of city fear and urban terrorism. Analysing the relationship of the genre with fears surrounding the Global War on Terror, the author presents a series of case studies covering a ten-year period, exploring the films’ engagement with the political repercussions of 9/11 and the ways in which traces of traumatic events leave their mark on cultures.