Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture
Autor Kendall R. Phillipsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 apr 2005 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780313361821
ISBN-10: 0313361827
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0313361827
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
Kendall R. Phillips is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. His essays and reviews have appeared in such journals as Literature/Film Quartlery and Philosophy and Rhetoric.
Cuprins
IntroductionDracula (1931)The Thing from Another World (1951)Psycho (1960)Night of the Living Dead (1968)The Exorcist (1973) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)Halloween (1978)The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Scream (1996)The Sixth Sense (1999)ConclusionBibliography
Recenzii
The book is sensible, highly readable, and concise..[t]his book will best serve as an introduction to the horror genre. Recommended. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; general readers.
[E]xplores the relationship between 10 classic horror films and the cultures they reflect.
Phillips analyzes ten landmark horror films, including Dracula, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs and The Sixth Sense, to discover the ways horror films reflect their cultural contexts and the audiences' fears. In addition to his analyses, Phillips provides a synopsis of each film and describes its production history, contemporary audience response and cultural influence. Although Phillips incorporates the work of other film and cultural critics, he writes for a general audience.
Fans of horror and horror movies who wish an intellectual examination of links between horror films and American culture will find professor Kendall R. Phillips' Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture to be most intriguing.
[E]xplores the relationship between 10 classic horror films and the cultures they reflect.
Phillips analyzes ten landmark horror films, including Dracula, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Silence of the Lambs and The Sixth Sense, to discover the ways horror films reflect their cultural contexts and the audiences' fears. In addition to his analyses, Phillips provides a synopsis of each film and describes its production history, contemporary audience response and cultural influence. Although Phillips incorporates the work of other film and cultural critics, he writes for a general audience.
Fans of horror and horror movies who wish an intellectual examination of links between horror films and American culture will find professor Kendall R. Phillips' Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture to be most intriguing.