Monstrous nature : environment and horror on the big screen /
Godzilla, a traditional natural monster and representation of cinema's subgenre of natural attack, also provides a cautionary symbol of the dangerous consequences of mistreating the natural world -monstrous nature on the attack. Horror films such as Godzilla invite an exploration of the complex...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2016]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part 1. Anthropomorphism and the "big bug" movie
- Hellstrom chronicle and Beetle Queen conquers Tokyo: anthropomorphizing nature for humans
- "As beautiful as a butterfly": monstrous cockroach nature and the horror film
- Part 2. Human ecology and the horror film
- The earth bites back: vampires and the ecological roots of home
- Through an eco-lens of childhood: Roberto Rossellini's Germany year zero and Guillermo del Toro's The devil's backbone
- Part 3. Evolution and monstrous nature
- Zombie evolution: a new world with or without humans
- Laughter and the eco-horror film: the Troma solution
- Parasite evolution in the eco-horror film: when the host becomes the monster
- Gendering the cannibal: bodies and landscapes in feminist cannibal movies
- American Mary and body modification: nature and the art of change
- Conclusion: monstrous nature and the new cli-fi cinema
- Filmography.