Monstrous Nature : Environment and Horror on the Big Screen /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Murray, Robin L. (Autor), Heumann, Joseph K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Naturdarstellung
Horror
Nature in motion pictures.
Horror films.
Environmental protection and motion pictures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Nature au cinema.
Protection de l'environnement et cinema.
Films d'horreur > Histoire et critique.
Horror films > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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.

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