The Forbidden Body : Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination /

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From creature features to indie horror flicks, find out what happens when sex, horror, and the religious imagination come togetherThroughout history, religion has attempted to control nothing so much as our bodies: what they are and what they mean; what we do with them, with whom, and under what cir...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cowan, Douglas E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Sex > Religious aspects.
Human body > Religious aspects.
Horror.
Popular culture > Religious aspects.
Culture populaire > Aspect religieux.
Horreur.
Corps humain > Aspect religieux.
RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State.
Horror
Human body > Religious aspects
Popular culture > Religious aspects
Sex > Religious aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bodies Out of Place: Fearing Flesh in Three Movements
  • 2. Crab Monsters and Giant Leeches: Exploitation and the Socially Approved Body
  • 3. Altared Bodies: Sexuality, Sacrifice, and the Horrific Aesthetic
  • 4. Sacred Flesh: Fetishizing the Forbidden Body
  • 5. Skyclad: Sexualizing the Dangerous Other
  • 6. Darkness Within: Encountering the Enigma
  • 7. Darkness Without: Sex, Transcendence, and the Monstrous Body
  • 8. Going Monstering: The End of the Beginning
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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