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The horror film /
In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Rutgers depth of field series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Part One features essays on the silent and classical Hollywood eras. Part Two covers the postWorld War II era and discusses the historical, aesthetic, and psychological charact. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 272 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813542577 081354257X 1283592096 9781283592093 9786613904546 6613904546 |