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The Metamodern Slasher Film

The Metamodern Slasher Film - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Steve JonesSeries:21st Century HorrorPublish date:2024-02-01Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399520959ISBN-10:1399520954UPC:9781399520959Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & Criticism, ReferenceSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC4QD3TWN4

It is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of "classics". Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics (and critics), leaving the field with a limited understanding of this highly popular subgenre. This book corrects that mischaracterisation by analysing contemporary slasher films that sincerely...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399520959ISBN-10:1399520954UPC:9781399520959Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & Criticism, ReferenceSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SC4QD3TWN4

Steve Jones is Assistant Professor in Media and Film at Northumbria University and Adjunct Research Professor in Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa). His research principally focuses on sex, violence, ethics, and selfhood within horror film and pornography. He is the author of Torture Porn: Popular Horror after Saw (2013), and his articles have been published in journals such as...

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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