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Contemporary Horror on Screen

An Evolving Visual Narrative

Produktform: Buch / Einband - fest (Hardcover)

This book highlights how horror in film and television creates platforms to address distinct areas of modern-day concern. In examining the prevalence of dark tropes in contemporary horror films such as and , as well as series such as  and , amongst numerous others, the authors contend that we are witnessing the emergence of a ‘horror renaissance’. They posit that horror films or programmes, once widely considered to be a low form of popular culture entertainment, can contain deeper meanings or subtext and are increasingly covering serious subject matter. This book thus explores how horror is utilised as a tool to explore social and political anxieties of the cultural moment and is thus presented as a site for contestation, exploration and expansion to discuss present-day fears. It demonstrates how contemporary horror reflects the horror of modern-day life, be it political, biological, social or environmental. A vital contribution to studies of the horror genre in contemporary culture, and the effect it has on social anxieties in a threatening and seemingly apocalyptic time for the world, this is a vital text for students and researchers in popular culture, film, television and media studies. weiterlesen

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-9819949649 / 978-9819949649 / 9789819949649

Verlag: Springer Singapore

Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2023

Seiten: 234

Auflage: 1

Herausgegeben von Amanda Rutherford, Sarah Baker, Richard Pamatatau

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