Modern Ghost Melodramas : 'What Lies Beneath' /

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The popular and critical successes of films like The Sixth Sense and the Ring film and its sequels in the late 1990s led to an impressive international explosion of scary films dealing with ghosts. This book takes a close look at a number of those films from different countries, including the United...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
Colección:Film Culture in Transition
Temas:
Ghosts in motion pictures.
Melodrama in motion pictures.
Supernatural in motion pictures.
Film, Media, and Communication.
Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
International ghost movies.
Melodrama.
Modern generic cycle.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Three Major Predecessors
  • 3. The Fallow Years: An Assortment of Ghosts
  • Seminal Films
  • 4. Ghosts in the City
  • 5. Ghosts in the Machine
  • 6. Schoolgirl Angst
  • 7. Childhood Abuse
  • Evolution of the cycle
  • 8. Generic Developments 1: Messages from the Dead
  • 9. Spain and History 1: Politics and War
  • 10. Hollywood Reinflections
  • 11. Asian Variations
  • 12. Generic Developments 2: Ghosts in the Woman's Film
  • 13. Ghosts and Institutions 1: South Korea
  • 14. Ghosts and Institutions 2: The West
  • 15. National Variations
  • 16. Anatomy of the Ghost Melodrama
  • 17. Spain and History 2: The Franco Legacy and the Catholic Church
  • 18. The Return of the British Ghost Film
  • 19. Recent US developments and conclusion
  • Filmography
  • Illustrations
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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