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Recreational terror : women and the pleasures of horror film viewing /
In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany, N.Y. :
State University of New York Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | SUNY series, interruptions--border testimony(ies) and critical discourse/s.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence, and contends instead that the contemporary horror film speaks to the cultural need to express rage and terror in the midst of social upheaval. |
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| Notas: | "Films cited": (p. 163-166) |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 177 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585055297 9780585055299 |